A small interfering RNA screen of genes involved in DNA repair identifies tumor-specific radiosensitization by POLQ knockdown

Cancer Research

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2984-2993

  Higgins, Geoff S ^a   Prevo, Remko ^a   Lee, Yin Fai ^a   Helleday, Thomas ^a   Muschel, Ruth J ^a   Taylor, Steve ^b   Yoshimura, Michio ^a   Hickson, Ian D ^c   Bernhard, Eric J ^a   McKenna, W Gillies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Computational Biology Research Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIG IV GENE; POLQ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TUMOR CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DACARBAZINE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77950842499     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4040     Document Type: Article

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