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| | Premature aging and predisposition to cancers caused by mutations in RecQ family helicases. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | DNA helicases, because they unwind duplex DNA, have important roles in cellular DNA events such as replication, recombination, repair, and transcription. |
 | | Multiple DNA helicase families with seven consensus motifs have been found, and members within each helicase family also share sequence homologies between motifs. |
 | | In this paper, on the basis of five years of work, I overview the updated molecular biology of five human RecQ helicases; genetic diseases such as Werner's, Bloom's, and Rothmund-Thomson's syndromes caused by helicase mutations; the associated premature aging phenotype; and an increased risk of neoplasms. |
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