Optimization and standardization of the 'comet assay' for analyzing the repair of DNA damage in cells

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Bauch, Thomas ^a   Böcker, Wilfried ^a   Mallek, Ulrike ^a   Müller, Wolfgang Ulrich ^a   Streffer, Christian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; Radiosensitivity; X irradiation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CELL; X IRRADIATION;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0345593774     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000660050020     Document Type: Article

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