Intercellular communication is involved in the bystander regulation of gene expression in human cells exposed to very low fluences of alpha particles

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 497-504

  Azzam, Edouard I ^a   De Toledo, Sonia M ^a   Gooding, Tamara ^a   Little, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; LINDANE; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; CYCLINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0031770716     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579865     Document Type: Article

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