Relative sensitivities of repair-deficient mammalian cells for clonogenic survival after α-particle irradiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-676

  Hill, Mark A ^a   Herdman, M Trent ^b,d   Stevens, David L ^a   Jones, Nigel J ^c   Thacker, John ^a   Goodhead, Dudley T ^a  

^a MRC Radiation/Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; X RAY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; X-RAYS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 9244264942     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3265     Document Type: Article

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