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Caenorhabditis elegans dna-2 is involved in DNA repair and is essential for germ-line development.
FEBS letters - 4 Dec 2003
Lee Myon Hee, Han Sung Min, Han Ji Won, Kim Yun Mi, Ahnn Joohong, Koo Hyeon-Sook
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Caenorhabditis elegans germ cell proliferation and development were severely damaged in second generation dna-2 homozygotes. Even in the first generation, a much higher incidence of aberrant chromosomes in oocytes and resultantly higher embryonic lethality were found vs. wild type, when DNA breaks were induced by gamma-rays or camptothecin. The deficiency of dna-2 in combination with RNA interference on mre-11...
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