Evidence for Msh2 haploinsufficiency in mice revealed by MNU-induced sister-chromatid exchange analysis

S D Bouffler1, N Hofland, R Cox

  • 1Radiation Effects Department, National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RQ, UK.

British Journal of Cancer
|October 25, 2000
PubMed

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