Topoisomerase IIα levels and G2 radiosensitivity in T-lymphocytes of women presenting with breast cancer

Mutagenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-741

  Bryant, Peter E ^a   Riches, Andrew C ^a   Shovman, Olga ^c   Dewar, John A ^b   Adamson, Douglas J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALYCULIN A; DEMECOLCINE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84868563851     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/ges040     Document Type: Article

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