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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Bjoern Schumacher
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1689 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Ermolaeva Maria A MA Segref Alexandra A Dakhovnik Alexander A Ou Hui-Ling HL Schneider Jennifer I JI Utermöhlen Olaf O Hoppe Thorsten T Schumacher Björn B
Nature 20130825 7467
DNA damage responses have been well characterized with regard to their cell-autonomous checkpoint functions leading to cell cycle arrest, senescence and apoptosis. In contrast, systemic responses to tissue-specific genome instability remain poorly understood. In adult Caenorhabditis elegans worms germ cells undergo mitotic and meiotic cell divisions, whereas somatic tissues are entirely post-mitotic. Consequently, DNA damage checkpoints function specifically in the germ line, whereas somatic tis ...[more]