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Identification of the DNA repair defects in a case of Dubowitz syndrome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Yue Jingyin, Lu Huimei, Lan Shijie, Liu Jingmei, Stein Mark N, Haffty Bruce G, Shen Zhiyuan
Abstract excerpt
Dubowitz Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with a unique set of clinical features including microcephaly and susceptibility to tumor formation. Although more than 140 cases of Dubowitz syndrome have been reported since 1965, the genetic defects of this disease has not been identified. In this study, we systematically analyzed the DNA damage response and repair capability of fibroblasts established from...
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