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Mouse Rad9b is essential for embryonic development and promotes resistance to DNA damage

  1. Corinne Leloup1,
  2. Kevin M. Hopkins1,
  3. Xiangyuan Wang2,
  4. Aiping Zhu1,
  5. Debra J. Wolgemuth2,3,4,
  6. Howard B. Lieberman1,5,*

Article first published online: 14 SEP 2010

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22415

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Volume 239, Issue 11, pages 2837–2850, November 2010

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Leloup, C., Hopkins, K. M., Wang, X., Zhu, A., Wolgemuth, D. J. and Lieberman, H. B. (2010), Mouse Rad9b is essential for embryonic development and promotes resistance to DNA damage. Dev. Dyn., 239: 2837–2850. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22415

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  1. 1

    Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

  3. 3

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

  4. 4

    The Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

  5. 5

    Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

*Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 OCT 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 SEP 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 AUG 2010

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: CA130536, GM079107
  • Environmental Protection Agency: Research Training in Environmentally-Induced Cancers. Grant Number: EPA-X972798

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