Assessing radiation-associated mutational risk to the germline: Repetitive DNA sequences as mutational targets and biomarkers

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-268

  Bouffler, S D ^a   Bridges, B A ^b   Cooper, D N ^c   Dubrova, Y ^d   McMillan, T J ^e   Thacker, J ^f   Wright, E G ^g   Waters, R ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC Radiation And Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA MINISATELLITE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROCARBAZINE; REPETITIVE DNA; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM CELLS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644528724     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3506.1     Document Type: Review

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