The bromodeoxyuridine comet assay: Detection of maturation of recently replicated DNA in individual cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5912-5916

  McGlynn, Angela P ^a   Wasson, Gillian ^a   O'Connor, Jacqueline ^a   McKelvey Martin, Valerie J ^a   Downes, C Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0033460329     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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