High LET heavy ion radiation induces lower numbers of initial chromosome breaks with minimal repair than low LET radiation in normal human cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Sekine, Emiko ^a   Okada, Maki ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Yu, Dong ^a   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^a   Okayasu, Ryuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome repair; DNA double strand break (DSB); High LET radiation; Non homologous end joining (NHEJ); Premature chromosome condensation (PCC); Wortmannin (WM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; NEON; SILICON; WORTMANNIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA REPAIR; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 40849089188     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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