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David Beeson1, Osamu Higuchi, Jackie Palace

  • 1Neurosciences Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK. dbeeson@hammer.imm.ox.ac.uk

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 19, 2006
PubMed
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Dok-7のリセシブ突然変異は先天性骨髄症候群 (CMSs) を引き起こし,神経筋結節構造の欠陥により近接筋の弱さにつながります. この研究は,この遺伝性神経筋肉疾患の重要な遺伝的原因を特定しています.

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