Study of DNA damage via the comet assay and base excision repair activities in rat brain neurons and astrocytes during aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 132, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 374-381

  Swain, Umakanta ^a,b   Subba Rao, Kalluri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b University Grant Commission New Delhi   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Base excision repair; Brain; Comet assay; DNA damage

Indexed keywords

8 OXOGUANINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; DNA; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053128348     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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