Bloom syndrome ortholog HIM-6 maintains genomic stability in C. elegans

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1314-1321

  Grabowski, Melissa M ^a   Svrzikapa, Nenad ^a   Tissenbaum, Heidi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom's syndrome; Disease model; Genomic stability; Mutator phenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOM SYNDROME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; G2 PHASE; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GERM-LINE MUTATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 27644586420     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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