New application of the comet assay: Chromosome-comet assay

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Cortés Gutiérrez, Elva I ^a   Dávila Rodríguez, Martha I ^a   Fernández, José Luís ^b   López Fernández, Carmen ^c   Gosálbez, Altea ^c   Gosálvez, Jaime ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Comet assay; Dna damage

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME ISOLATION; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METAPHASE;

EID: 80051764077     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155411410884     Document Type: Article

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