Apoptosis after gamma irradiation. Is it an important cell death modality?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1594-1599

  Siles, E ^a   Villalobos, M ^a   Jones, L ^b   Guerrero, R ^a   Eady, J J ^b   Valenzuela, M T ^a   Nunez M I ^a   McMillan, T J ^c   Ruiz De Almodovar J M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle checkpoints; Comet assay; In situ tailing; p53 functionality; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0031794884     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.728     Document Type: Article

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