Fluorescent labelling of abasic sites: A novel methodology to detect closely-spaced damage sites in DNA

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-109

  Makrigiorgos, G M ^a   Chakrabarti, S ^a   Mahmood, A ^b  

^a HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM;

ALDEHYDES; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROXYLAMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASMIDS; PURINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031822455     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141762     Document Type: Article

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