The simultaneous detection of mitochondrial DNA damage from sun-exposed skin of three whale species and its association with UV-induced microscopic lesions and apoptosis

Mitochondrion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-349

  Bowman, Amy ^a   Martinez Levasseur, Laura M ^b,c,d   Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^b,e   Gendron, Diane ^f   Birch Machin, Mark A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Marine mammals; Mitochondrial DNA; Skin; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WHALE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; WHALES;

EID: 84877883267     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: 18728278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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