Checkpoint response plays a more protective role in HZE particle-irradiated cells than in X ray-irradiated cells

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2444-2445

  Wang, Hongyan ^a   Wang, Ya ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoint response; DNA DSBs; Homologous recombination repair (HRR); Ionizing radiation (IR); Linear energy transfer (LET); Non homologous end joining (NHEJ); Relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CELL PROTECTION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; X RAY;

EID: 48849100359     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6552     Document Type: Letter

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