RAD-6: Pyrimidine synthesis and radiation sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 458, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-353

  Merry, Alyce ^a   Qiao, Mengmeng ^a   Hasler, Martin ^a   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Growth; Metabolism; Mitochondria; UMP synthase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIMIDINES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84894262557     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131085     Document Type: Article

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