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Targeted cytoplasmic irradiation with alpha particles induces mutations in mammalian cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Apr 1999
Wu L J, Randers-Pehrson G, Xu A, Waldren C A, Geard C R, Yu Z, Hei T K
Abstract excerpt
Ever since x-rays were shown to induce mutation in Drosophila more than 70 years ago, prevailing dogma considered the genotoxic effects of ionizing radiation, such as mutations and carcinogenesis, as being due mostly to direct damage to the nucleus. Although there was indication that alpha partic...
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