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Intracellular localization and intercellular heterogeneity of the human DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase

✍ Scribed by M. Belanich; Terri Randall; Monica A. Pastor; Jeannie T. Kibitel; Lori Green Alas; M. Eileen Dolan; S. Clifford Schold Jr.; Marc Gander; Ferdy J. Lejeune; Benjamin F. L. Li; Agnes B. White; Patricia Wasserman; Marc L. Citron; Daniel B. Yarosh

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 496 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0344-5704
DOI: 10.1007/s002800050427

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