Human fibroblasts transfected with an ATM antisense vector respond abnormally to ionizing radiation

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Uhrhammer, Nancy ^a,e   Fritz, Eberhard ^b   Boyden, Lynn ^c   Meyn, M Stephen ^d  

^a CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moleculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense; Apoptosis; Ataxia telangiectasia; ATM; Cell cycle checkpoints; Radiation sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL LINE; DNA DAMAGE; FIBROBLAST; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

APOPTOSIS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEINS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0033163134     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.4.1.43     Document Type: Article

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