Zebrafish as a "biosensor"? Effects of ionizing radiation and amifostine on embryonic viability and development

Cancer Research

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 8172-8181

  Geiger, Geoffrey A ^a   Parker, Sharon E ^a   Beothy, Andrew P ^a   Tucker, Jennifer A ^b   Mullins, Mary C ^b   Kao, Gary D ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CASPASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMIFOSTINE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33748079117     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0466     Document Type: Article

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