A modified and automated version of the 'Fluorimetric Detection of Alkaline DNA Unwinding' method to quantify formation and repair of DNA strand breaks

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moreno Villanueva, María ^a   Pfeiffer, Ragen ^b,c,d   Sindlinger, Thilo ^a   Leake, Alan ^b   Müller, Marcus ^c   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^b   Bürkle, Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d TherapySelect GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

96 WELLS; DATA POINTS; DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIRS; DNA STRAND BREAK REPAIRS; DNA STRAND BREAKS; DNA UNWINDING; FLUORIMETRIC DETECTIONS; LIQUID HANDLINGS; LIVE CELLS; SINGLE-STRAND BREAKS;

ASSAYS; BIOSENSORS; CELL MEMBRANES; DAMAGE DETECTION; DNA; GENES; REPAIR;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; DNA;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FLUOROMETRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

DNA; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; FLUOROMETRY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; PLASMIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65549163171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-9-39     Document Type: Article

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