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Lamin A and telomere maintenance in aging: Two to Tango.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Sengupta Duhita, Sengupta Kaushik
Abstract excerpt
Lamin proteins which constitute the nuclear lamina in almost all higher eukaryotes, are mainly of two types A & B encoded by LMNA and LMNB1/B2 genes respectively. While lamin A remains the principal product of LMNA gene, variants like lamin C, C2 and A∆10 are also formed as alternate splice products. Role of lamin A in aging has been highlighted in recent times due to its association with progeroid or premature...
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