DNA damage-induced programmed cell death: Potential roles in germ cell development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1049, Issue , 2005, Pages 9-16

  Yamada, Yukiko ^a   Coffman, Clark R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATM; DNA damage; p53; Primordial germ cells; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 22044439461     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1334.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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