SLUG silencing increases radiosensitivity of melanoma cells in vitro

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Arienti, Chiara ^a   Tesei, Anna ^a   Carloni, Silvia ^a   Ulivi, Paola ^a   Romeo, Antonino ^a   Ghigi, Giulia ^a   Menghi, Enrico ^a   Sarnelli, Anna ^a   Parisi, Elisabetta ^a   Silvestrini, Rosella ^a   Zoli, Wainer ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Melanoma; Radiation; SLUG gene; TGM2

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; BRCA1 ASSOCIATED RING DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; CASPASE 3; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; PROTEIN P21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876467307     PISSN: 22113428     EISSN: 22113436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13402-012-0120-6     Document Type: Article

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