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Ataxia telangiectasia: more variation at clinical and cellular levels.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2015
Taylor A M R, Lam Z, Last J I, Byrd P J
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Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare recessively inherited disorder resulting in a progressive neurological decline. It is caused by biallelic mutation of the ATM gene that encodes a 370 kDa serine/threonine protein kinase responsible for phosphorylating many target proteins. ATM is activated by auto(trans)phosphorylation in response to DNA double strand breaks and leads to the activation of cell cycle...
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