The enzymatic activities of the Werner syndrome protein are disabled by the amino acid polymorphism R834C.

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Published in J Biol Chem on October 15, 2004

Authors

Ashwini S Kamath-Loeb1, Piri Welcsh, Maureen Waite, Elinor T Adman, Lawrence A Loeb

Author Affiliations

1: Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. laloeb@u.washington.edu

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