Methods for Studying the DNA Damage Response in the Caenorhabdatis elegans Germ Line

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 321-352

  Craig, Ashley L ^a   Moser, Sandra C ^a   Bailly, Aymeric P ^a,b   Gartner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Genotoxic; Germ cell; Loss of function; Progeny; Recombinase; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855471671     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394620-1.00011-4     Document Type: Chapter

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