Fluorometric analysis of DNA unwinding (FADU) as a method for detecting repair-induced DNA strand breaks in UV-irradiated mammalian cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-484

  Baumstark Khan, Christa ^a,d   Hentschel, Uwe ^b   Nikandrova, Yelizabeta ^c   Krug, Jens ^d   Horneck, Gerda ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Radiological University Clinics   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; BISBENZIMIDE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; FLUOROMETRY; INCUBATION TIME; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; BISBENZIMIDAZOLE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034309750     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0477:FAODUF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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