Induction of chromatid breaks by carbon K-shell ultrasoft X rays

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-250

  Bryant, Peter E ^a,c   Jones, Claire ^a   Armstrong, Graham ^a   Frankenberg Schwager, Marlis ^b   Frankenberg, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT 60; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID; TRANSPORT KINETICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIDS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RAYS; METAPHASE; RADIOMETRY; X-RAYS;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0037314438     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0247:IOCBBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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