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Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3-Related (ATR)

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Acknowledgment and Contribution

P.A., V.Y., M.D., and A.K. wrote the manuscript; P.A. made the figures and tables. P.A. and V.Y. held a predoctoral fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and M.D. held a predoctoral fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). A.K. lab is funded by the CSIR Indepth, Epigentics in health and disease network projects, and DST, Govt. of India. CSIR manuscript communication number: 3432.

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Awasthi, P., Yadav, V.K., Dixit, M., Kumar, A. (2018). Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3-Related (ATR). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101789

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