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Ribosomopathies: how a common root can cause a tree of pathologies.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Sept 2015
Danilova Nadia, Gazda Hanna T
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Defects in ribosome biogenesis are associated with a group of diseases called the ribosomopathies, of which Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is the most studied. Ribosomes are composed of ribosomal proteins (RPs) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). RPs and multiple other factors are necessary for the processing of pre-rRNA, the assembly of ribosomal subunits, their export to the cytoplasm and for the final assembly of...
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