Liudmila Filonava, Adrian Gabriel Torres, Lluis Ribas de Pouplana
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Abstract
A mutation in the WDR4 gene, coding for a tRNA-modifying enzyme, leads to reduced levels of guanosine methylation in tRNA in patients with primordial dwarfism.
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