Targeted disruption of the cell-cycle checkpoint gene ATR leads to early embryonic lethality in mice

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 479-482

  De Klein, A ^a   Muijtjens, M ^a   Van Os, R ^a   Verhoeven, Y ^a   Smit, B ^a   Carr, A M ^b   Lehmann, A R ^b   Hoeijmakers, J H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034177408     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00447-4     Document Type: Article

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