Induction and quantification of γ-H2AX foci following low and high LET-irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Leatherbarrow, Emma L ^a   Harper, Jane V ^a   Cucinotta, Francis A ^b   O'Neill, Peter ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

irradiation; H2AX foci; irradiation; DNA double strand break; V79 4

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE GAMMA H2AX; HISTONE H2AX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; GAMMA RAYS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSAGE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 33645144591     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000600599783     Document Type: Article

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