UV-A breakage sensitivity of human chromosomes as measured by COMET-FISH depends on gene density and not on the chromosome size

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Rapp, Alexander ^a   Bock, Claudia ^a   Dittmar, Heike ^a   Greulich, Karl Otto ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome; COMET assay; COMET FISH; DNA damage; Gene density; UV A

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033770352     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(00)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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