Evidence of the Importance of the Conversion of Uridine to Pseudouridine

question 11

Multiple Choice

Evidence of the importance of the conversion of uridine to pseudouridine comes from a rare,fatal disease in which the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion is mutated.Symptoms of the disease are skin abnormalities,bone marrow failure and elevated susceptibility to cancer.The name of the disease is _________.

• A)dysplasia
• B)keratinosis
• C)dyskeratosis
• D)lupus erythematosus
• E)dyspareunia

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