Calibration of the comet assay for the measurement of DNA damage in mammalian cells

Free Radical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1149-1154

  Pitozzi, Vanessa ^a   Pallotta, Stefania ^a   Balzi, Manuela ^a   Bucciolini, Marta ^a   Becciolini, Aldo ^a   Dolara, Piero ^a   Giovannelli, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Human lymphocytes; Oxidative DNA damage; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; TUMOR CELL LINE; X RAY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33749351698     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760600863116     Document Type: Article

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