A Radioresistant Variant Derived from a Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line Is Less Prone to Radiation-induced Apoptosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 4915-4921

  Russell, James ^a   Wheldon, Thomas Edward ^a,b   Stanton, Peter ^c  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMAN; MICRONUCLEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN P53; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS); X-RAYS;

EID: 0028862840     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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