Detection of incomplete exchanges and interstitial fragments in X- irradiated human lymphocytes using a telomeric PNA probe

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 599-603

  Boei, J J W A ^a   Vermeulen, S ^a   Fomina, J ^a   Natarajan, A T ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JA Cohen Institute Interuniversity Research Institute for Radiopathology and Radiation Protection   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; X IRRADIATION;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PEPTIDES; TELOMERE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031851334     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141843     Document Type: Article

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