Detection of hypoxic cells in murine tumors using the comet assay: Comparison with a conventional radiobiological assay

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 880-886

  Shibuya, Keiko ^a,c   Sasai, Keisuke ^a   Xie, Xuejun ^a   Utsumi, Hiroshi ^b   Shibata, Toru ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Reactor Institute   (Japan)

^c 54 Kawaharacho ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Acutely hypoxic cell; Chronically hypoxic cell; Comet assay; Hypoxic cell fraction; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYPOXIC CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0032823668     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00830.x     Document Type: Article

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