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Identification of novel TUBB1 variants in patients with macrothrombocytopenia.
Turkish journal of medical sciences - 30 Apr 2021
Çalışkaner Zihni Onur, Abdul Waheed Abdullah, Tuzlakoğlu Öztürk Merve, Oymak Yeşim, Tazebay Uygar Halis, Akar Nejat, Kandilci Ayten, Torun Özkan Didem
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Background/aim: Macrothrombocytopenia is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by increased platelet size and a decreased number of circulating platelets. The membrane skeleton and the link between actin filaments of the skeleton and microtubules, which consist of alpha and beta tubulin [including the tubulin beta-1 chain (TUBB1)] heterodimers, are important for normal platelet morphology, and defects in...
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