An improved method of alkaline sucrose density gradient sedimentation to detect less than one lesion per 1 Mb DNA

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Yamada, Kouichi ^a   Kameyama, Yumi ^a   Inoue, Shuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline sucrose density gradient centrifugation; Dimethyl sulfate; DNA repair; Human fibroblast; Single strand break; Ultraviolet; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 0030592533     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(96)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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