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Development of an XTT tetrazolium salt-based assay for detection of specific hyperthermia sensitizers in a high-flux screening programme

S. Lechpammer Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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A. Asea Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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R. Mallick Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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R. Zhong Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical School, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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M. Y. Sherman Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical School, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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S. K. Calderwood Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pages 203-215 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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