The comet assay: A new method to examine heterogeneity associated with solid tumors

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-105

  Olive, Peggy L ^a   Johnston, Peter J ^a   Banáth, Judit P ^a   Durand, Ralph E ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIRAPAZAMINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR;

APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL HYPOXIA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031939561     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0198-103     Document Type: Review

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