Radiation-induced DNA repair foci: Spatio-temporal aspects of formation, application for assessment of radiosensitivity and biological dosimetry

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 704, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 132-141

  Belyaev, I Y ^a,b,c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological dosimetry; Chromosomal aberrations; Co localization; DNA repair foci; DNA chromatin domains; Hypersensitivity to low doses; Radiation; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL FATE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSIMETRY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951977394     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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