Mutagen sensitivity of peripheral blood from women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 500, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Trenz, Kristina ^a   Rothfuss, Andreas ^a   Schütz, Petra ^a   Speit, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline comet assay; Gamma radiation; Hydrogen peroxide; Micronucleus test; Repair capacity

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGEN TESTING; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037139239     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(01)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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