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Life can be stressful without ATR

A new study reports the first mouse model for ATR-mutated Seckel syndrome. The mice show phenotypes recapitulating the human disorder and provide insights into how reduced ATR function affects normal embryonic development by increasing replicative stress, ultimately resulting in an accelerated aging phenotype postnatally.

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Figure 1: Model for the role of ATR and replicative stress in early development and its impact on postnatal phenotypes.

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O'Driscoll, M. Life can be stressful without ATR. Nat Genet 41, 866–868 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0809-866

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