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MUT-7 Provides Molecular Insight into the Werner Syndrome Exonuclease.
Cells - 8 Dec 2021
Hsu Tsung-Yuan, Hsu Ling-Nung, Chen Shih-Yu, Juang Bi-Tzen
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome (WS) is a rare recessive genetic disease characterized by premature aging. Individuals with this disorder develop normally during childhood, but their physiological conditions exacerbate the aging process in late adolescence. WS is caused by mutation of the human WS gene (WRN), which encodes two main domains, a 3'-5' exonuclease and a 3'-5' helicase. Caenorhabditis elegans expresses human WRN...
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