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Nijmegen breakage syndrome: the clearance pathway for mutant nibrin protein is allele specific.
Gene - 1 May 2013
Salewsky Bastian, Wessendorf Petra, Hirsch Daniel, Krenzlin Harald, Digweed Martin
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal recessive disorder Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is caused by mutations in the NBN gene which codes for the protein nibrin (NBS1; p95). In the majority of cases, a 5bp deletion, a founder mutation, leads to a hypomorphic 70kD protein, p70-nibrin, after alternative initiation of translation. Protein levels are of relevance for the clinical course of the disease, particularly with regard to...
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