Ataxia-telangiectasia: A multifaceted genetic disorder associated with defective signal transduction

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-464

  Lavin, Martin F ^a   Shiloh, Yosef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030218023     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80030-6     Document Type: Article

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