WRN, the protein deficient in Werner syndrome, plays a critical structural role in optimizing DNA repair
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- 23 July 2003
- journal article
- website
- Published by Wiley in Aging Cell
- Vol. 2 (4) , 191-199
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1474-9728.2003.00052.x
Abstract
Werner syndrome (WS) predisposes patients to cancer and premature aging, owing to mutations in WRN. The WRN protein is a RECQ‐like helicase and is thought to participate in DNA double‐strand break (D...Keywords
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