Direct and delayed X-ray-induced DNA damage in male mouse germ cells

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 429-439

  Cordelli, Eugenia ^a   Eleuteri, Patrizia ^a   Grollino, Maria Giuseppa ^a   Benassi, Barbara ^a   Blandino, Giovanni ^b   Bartoleschi, Cecilia ^a   Pardini, Maria Chiara ^a   Di Caprio, Edoardo Vittorio ^a   Spanò, Marcello ^a   Pacchierotti, Francesca ^a   Villani, Paola ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Non targeted effects, DNA strand breaks; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNODETECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS CELL; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84863780019     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21703     Document Type: Article

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