Repair of radiation-induced DNA strand breaks does not occur preferentially in transcriptionally active DNA

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 444-449

  Ljungman, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PROBES; DNA REPAIR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032828689     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580230     Document Type: Article

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