Response to X-ray- and cis Pt-induced DNA damage in Stylonychia lemnae (Ciliata, Protozoa)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Ammermann, Dieter ^a   Hellmer, Karl Heinz ^a   Zassoukhina, Irina ^b   Skovorodkin, Ilya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Cisdiamminedichloroplatinum (cis Pt); DNA repair; X rays

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA LEMNAE;

EID: 0042349278     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00911     Document Type: Article

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