Radiation-generated short DNA fragments may perturb non-homologous end-joining and induce genomic instability

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-319

  Pang, Dalong ^a   Winters, Thomas A ^c   Jung, Mira ^a   Purkayastha, Shubhadeep ^c   Cavalli, Luciane R ^b   Chasovkikh, Sergey ^a   Haddad, Bassem R ^b   Dritschilo, Anatoly ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Genomic instability; Ionizing radiation; NHEJ; Short DNA fragments

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA; GENES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

AFM; DENSELY IONIZING RADIATION; DNA DOUBLE STRAND BREAKS; DNA FRAGMENT; EXPOSED TO; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LET RADIATION; NHEJ; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; SHORT DNA FRAGMENT;

IONIZING RADIATION;

EID: 79958088756     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.10147     Document Type: Article

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