The analysis of DNA adducts: The transition from 32P-postlabeling to mass spectrometry

Cancer Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-19

  Klaene, Joshua J ^a   Sharma, Vaneet K ^a   Glick, James ^a   Vouros, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; DNA adduct; Gas chromatography; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DNA ADDUCT; PHOSPHORUS;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA MINING; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION ASSAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA ADDUCTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882738112     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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