Evaluation of radiation-induced DNA damage and DNA repair in human lung cancer cell lines with different radiosensitivity using alkaline and neutral single cell gel electrophoresis

Cancer Letters

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-18

  Bergqvist, Michael ^a   Brattström, Daniel ^a   Stålberg, Malin ^b   Vaghef, Hamid ^a   Brodin, Ola ^a   Hellman, Björn ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Comet assay; DNA strand breaks; In vitro irradiation; Lung cancer; Radioresponsiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032429174     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00178-5     Document Type: Article

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