Detection of replicative integrity in small colonic biopsies using the BrdUrd comet assay

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 895-901

  McGlynn, A P ^a   Wasson, G R ^a   O'Reilly, S ^b   McKelvey Martin, V J ^a   McNulty, H ^a   Strain, J J ^e   McKerr, G ^a   Mullan, F ^d   Mahmud, N ^b   Scott, J ^c   Weir, D G ^b   Downes, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Colon; Comet assay; DNA replication

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COMET ASSAY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES; BIOPSY; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037464330     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600836     Document Type: Article

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