A direct view by immunofluorescent comet assay (IFCA) of DNA damage induced by nicking and cutting enzymes, ionizing 137Cs radiation, UV-A laser microbeam irradiation and the radiomimetic drug bleomycin

Mutagenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Grigaravičius, Paulius ^a   Rapp, Alexander ^a,b   Greulich, Karl Otto ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CESIUM 137; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE H1;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IONIZING RADIATION; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BLEOMYCIN; COMET ASSAY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LASERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RADIATION, IONIZING; STAINING AND LABELING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 61649098180     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gen071     Document Type: Article

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