Hypersensitivity of Ku80-deficient cell lines and mice to DNA damage: the effects of ionizing radiation on growth, survival, and development.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 09, 1997

Authors

A Nussenzweig1, K Sokol, P Burgman, L Li, G C Li

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Medical Physics and Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

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