Functional characterization of the Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASP)

• Main Author: Lim, Rina Pei Zhi
• Other Authors: Thirumaran s/o Thanabalu
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Genetics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/46285
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked recessive disease with clinical symptoms such as thrombocytopenia, eczema and recurrent infections due to immune deficiency. Identification of the WASP gene led to the discovery of other WAS-related diseases, X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT) and X-linked...