Reduction of background mutations by low-dose X irradiation of Drosophila spermatocytes at a low dose rate

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Koana, Takao ^a   Okada, Mikie O ^a   Ogura, Keiji ^b   Tsujimura, Hidenobu ^c   Sakai, Kazuo ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXCISION REPAIR; LETHAL MUTANT; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; WILD TYPE; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; MALE; MUTATION; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; X-RAYS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846781657     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0705.1     Document Type: Article

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