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Retrovirus-mediated DNA repair gene transfer into xeroderma pigmentosum cells: perspectives for a gene therapy.
Cell biology and toxicology - 1 Mar 1998
Zeng L, Sarasin A, Mezzina M
Abstract excerpt
The rare hereditary disease xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is clinically characterized by extreme sun sensitivity and an increased predisposition for developing skin cancer. Cultured cells from XP patients exhibit hypersensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) radiation due to the defect in nucleotide excision repair (NER), and other cellular abnormalities. Seven genes identified in the classical XP forms, XPA to XPG, are...
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