mortality/aging
• although die of malignancy, they have a significantly greater survival time than homozygous Rad50tm2Jpt mice, with 42% living longer than 5 months, 20.5% surviving to 10 months and 18% surviving to 15 months
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neoplasm
• although mutants develop lymphomas, the latency of lymphomagenesis is increased compared to homozygous Atmtm1Awb mice
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cellular
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• growth of MEFs and sensitivity to irradiation is comparable to wild-type indicating rescue of the slower growth of MEFs and increased sensitivity to gamma-irradiation that is seen in homozygous Atmtm1Awb mice
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• MEFs exhibit defects in G1/S, intra-S-phase, and G2/M checkpoints after ionizing radiation induced DNA damage
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• exhibit some chromosomal instability, however it is slightly reduced relative to homozygous Atm mice
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hematopoietic system