An assay for quantifying DNA double-strand break repair that is suitable for small numbers of unlabeled cells

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Longo, John A ^a   Nevaldine, Barbara ^a   Longo, Sharon L ^a   Winfield, Jeffrey A ^a   Hahn, Peter J ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIATION DOSE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KINETICS; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031030223     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579440     Document Type: Article

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