Normal expression of DNA repair proteins, hMre11, Rad50 and Rad51 but protracted formation of Rad50 containing foci in X-irradiated skin fibroblasts from radiosensitive cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2356-2363

  Djuzenova, C ^a   Muhl B ^a   Schakowski, R ^a   Oppitz, U ^a   Flentje, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony forming assay; Foci; hMre11; Rad50; Rad51; Radiosensitivity; Western blot

Indexed keywords

MRE11 PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MRE11A PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RAD50 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RAD51 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; X IRRADIATION; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN;

BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SKIN;

EID: 3042699832     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601878     Document Type: Article

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