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Abstract
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare syndrome, characterized by cutaneous abnormalities and premature death caused by bone marrow failure. In this issue of Genes & Development, Hockemeyer and colleagues (pp. 1773-1785) report a new mouse model that reconstitutes key features of DC. Disease phenotypes are generated by a POT1b deletion in a telomerase-deficient background that accelerates the shortening of telomeres by degradation.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18593874 PMCID: PMC2732423 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1695808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Dev ISSN: 0890-9369 Impact factor: 11.361