Levels of the DNA repair enzyme human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE1, APEX, Ref-1) are associated with the intrinsic radiosensitivity of cervical cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1128-1133

  Herring, C J ^a,b   West, C M L ^a   Wilks, D P ^a   Davidson, S E ^a   Hunter, R D ^a   Berry, P ^a   Forster, G ^a   MacKinnon, J ^a   Rafferty, J A ^a   Elder, R H ^a   Hendry, J H ^a   Margison, G P ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; HAP1; Immunohistochemistry; Predictive assays; SF2

Indexed keywords

DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 7844241550     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.641     Document Type: Article

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