The comet assay approach to senescent human diploid fibroblasts identifies different phenotypes and clarifies relationships among nuclear size, DNA content, and DNA damage

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-701

  Mocali, Alessandra ^a,b   Giovannelli, Lisa ^a   Dolara, Piero ^a   Paoletti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

EID: 21144449546     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.6.695     Document Type: Article

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