Comet sensitivity in assessing DNA damage and repair in different cell cycle stages

Mutagenesis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-303

  McArt, Darragh G ^a   McKerr, George ^b   Saetzler, Kurt ^b   Howard, C Vyvyan ^b   Downes, C Stephen ^b   Wasson, Gillian R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

CELL CYCLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; G2 PHASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOSIS;

EID: 77951939934     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq006     Document Type: Article

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