Disruption of muREC2/RAD51L1 in mice results in early embryonic lethality which can be partially rescued in a p53(-/-) background

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 8686-8693

  Shu, Zhigang ^a   Smith, Sheryl ^a   Wang, Lijuan ^a   Rice, Michael C ^a   Kmiec, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033501050     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.12.8686     Document Type: Article

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