A Drosophila XPD model links cell cycle coordination with neuro-development and suggests links to cancer
XPD functions in transcription, DNA repair and in cell cycle control. Mutations in human XPD (also known as ERCC2) mainly cause three clinical phenotypes: xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne syndrome (XP/CS) and trichothiodystrophy (TTD), and only XP patients have a high predisposition to developin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2015-01-01
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Series: | Disease Models & Mechanisms |
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Online Access: | http://dmm.biologists.org/content/8/1/81 |