The use of comet assay in measuring DNA damage and repair efficiency in child, adult, and old age populations

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Piperakis, S M ^a,b   Kontogianni, K ^a,b   Karanastasi, G ^a,b   Iakovidou Kritsi, Z ^c   Piperakis, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult; Apoptosis; Children; Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; Elders; Humans

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CHILD; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 58149188707     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10565-007-9046-6     Document Type: Article

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