Phosphorylation of histone H2AX in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after thoracic irradiation of rats

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Havelek, Radim ^a   Řezáčová, Martina ^a   Šinkorová, Zuzana ^b   Zárybnická, Lenka ^b   Pejchal, Jaroslav ^b   Vávrová, Jiřina ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodosimetry; Ionizing radiation; Lymphocytes; Thoracic; H2AX

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; THORAX; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053136426     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10136-011-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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