Published in Blood Weekly, June 11th, 2009
"Faulty ribosome biogenesis, resulting in proapoptotic erythropoiesis leading to erythroid failure, is hypothesized to be the underlying defect. The genes identified to date that are mutated in DBA all encode ribosomal proteins associated with either the small or large subunit and in these cases haploinsufficiency gives rise to the disease," wrote J.M. Lipton and colleagues.
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-11)
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