Real-time fluorescence assay for O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-222

  Moser, Asher M ^a   Patel, Mahendra ^b   Yoo, Heannie ^a   Balis, Frank M ^a   Hawkins, Mary E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Children's Cancer Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Fluorescent nucleoside analog; Pteridine; Real time DNA repair assay

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CELL CULTURE; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS; PTERIDINE;

FLUORESCENCE;

6 O ALKYLGUANINE DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE; EXONUCLEASE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034213228     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4554     Document Type: Article

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