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Lentivirus Mediated Correction of Artemis-Deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
9 Sept 2016
Abstract excerpt
During B and T lymphocyte maturation, V(D)J recombination is initiated by creation of DNA double-strand breaks. Artemis is an exonuclease essential for their subsequent repair by nonhomologous end-joining. Mutations in DCLRE1C , the gene encoding Artemis, cause T − B − NK + severe combined immunodeficiency (ART-SCID) and also confer heightened sensitivity to ionizing radiation and alkylating chemotherapy....
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