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A Drosophila XPD model links cell cycle coordination with neuro-development and suggests links to cancer.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jan 2015
Stettler Karin, Li Xiaoming, Sandrock Björn, Braga-Lagache Sophie, Heller Manfred, Dümbgen Lutz, Suter Beat
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XPD functions in transcription, DNA repair and in cell cycle control. Mutations in human XPD (also known as ERCC2) mainly cause three clinical phenotypes: xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne syndrome (XP/CS) and trichothiodystrophy (TTD), and only XP patients have a high predisposition to developing cancer. Hence, we developed a fly model to obtain novel insights into the defects caused by individual hypomorphic...
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