Disease mechanism: Unravelling Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome
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Disease mechanism: Unravelling Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome
The gene responsible for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a disease affecting platelets and lymphocytes, has been cloned and its protein product (WASp) found to interact with the GTPase Cdc42. WASp seems to provide a link between Cdc42 and the actin cytoskeleton, perhaps explaining the cellular defects underlying the disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(09)00447-3