Molecular Mechanisms of Fanconi Anemia

This book provides the only comprehensive treatise available on Fanconi Anemia. It gives a detailed analysis from the clinical to the molecular levels of the disorder. It also allows insight into the mechanisms of responses to DNA damage, and the complex interactions of several previously unknown proteins. The book will give research students a platform for further investigation, and act as a source of information regarding experimental design.

Zusammenfassung

Molecular Mechanisms of Fanconi Anemia will give research students a platform for further investigation, and act as a source of information regarding experimental design. Clinicians will find this title useful for its comprehensive description of Fanconi Anemia and information on the latest molecular theories underlying its causes.

Inhalt
Clinical Features of Fanconi Anaemia.- The Genetic Basis of Fanconi Anemia.- The FANCA Gene and Its Products.- The FANCC Gene and Its Products.- The FANC B, E, F and G Genes and Their Products.- FANCD1/BRCA2 and FANCD2.- The FANC Genome Surveillance Complex.- Other Proteins and Their Interactions with FA Gene Products.- Fanconi Anaemia and Oxidative Stress.- Therapy for Fanconi Anemia.- Mutational Analyses of Fanconi Anemia Genes in Japanese Patients.