Use of the comet assay for assessment of drug resistance and its modulation in vivo

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-416

  Huang, P ^a,b   Olive, P L ^a   Durand, R E ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Etoposide; Multidrug resistance; Multidrug resistance reversal; Xenografts

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ETOPOSIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; TUMOR RESISTANCE; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0031983894     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.65     Document Type: Article

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