Rejoining of gamma-ray-induced DNA damage in Cryptosporidium parvum measured by the comet assay

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Lee, Soo Ung ^a   Joung, Mikyo ^a   Nam, Taekyoung ^a   Park, Woo Yoon ^b   Yu, Jae Ran ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; DNA damage; Double strand break; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAMMA RAYS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYSTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952582453     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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