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Towards delineating the chain of events that cause premature senescence in the accelerated aging syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford progeria (HGPS).
Biochemical Society transactions - 30 Jun 2020
Dreesen Oliver
Abstract excerpt
The metazoan nucleus is equipped with a meshwork of intermediate filament proteins called the A- and B-type lamins. Lamins lie beneath the inner nuclear membrane and serve as a nexus to maintain the architectural integrity of the nucleus, chromatin organization, DNA repair and replication and to regulate nucleocytoplasmic transport. Perturbations or mutations in various components of the nuclear lamina result in...
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