Rejoining and misrejoining of radiation-induced chromatin breaks. I. Experiments with human lymphocytes

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 274-280

  Durante, M ^a,c   George, K ^a,b   Wu, H ^a,b   Yang, T C ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b KRUG Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS INDEX; PREMATURE CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROMERE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPING; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029940191     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3578982     Document Type: Article

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