Comparison between pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and the comet assay as predictive assays for radiosensitivity in fibroblasts

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-22

  Sarkaria, J N ^a,b   Bush, C ^a   Eady, J J ^a   Peacock, J H ^a   Steel, G G ^a   Yarnold, J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMET ASSAY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, NEOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 0031802892     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579640     Document Type: Article

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