Differences in apoptosis and cell cycle distribution between human melanoma cell lines UACC903 and UACC903(+6), before and after UV irradiation

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 342-348

  Zhang, Qiuyang ^a   Chen, Yuanbin ^b   Wang, Bi Dar ^a   He, Ping ^c   Su, Yan A ^a,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Ross Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Melanoma; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 34447551733     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.342     Document Type: Article

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