DNA double-strand breaks in mammalian cells exposed to γ-rays and very heavy ions. Fragment-size distributions determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-115

  Kraxenberger, F ^a   Weber, K J ^c   Friedl, A A ^a   Eckardt Schupp, F ^a   Flentje, M ^c,d   Quicken, P ^b   Kellerer, A M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN V 79; CHINESE HAMSTER; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAVY ION RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIBROBLASTS; GAMMA RAYS; HEAVY IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUNG; MODELS, THEORETICAL; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031781346     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050102     Document Type: Article

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