7.341 DNA Damage Checkpoints: The Emergency Brake on the Road to Cancer, Fall 2007

The DNA contained in human cells is under constant attack by both exogenous and endogenous agents that can damage one of its three billion base pairs. To cope with this permanent exposure to DNA-damaging agents, such as the sun's radiation or by-products of our normal metabolism, powerful DNA d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reinhardt, Hans Christian, van Vugt, Marcel A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49423