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Correlation between the clonogenic initial slope and the response of polykaryon-forming units: the behavior of strains defective in XRCC5 and ATM and the heritability of small variations in radioresponse.
Radiation research - 1 Dec 2000
Manti L, Davies H E, Venables S, Bowen I D, Court J B
Abstract excerpt
The polykaryon-forming unit (PFU) assay measures the survival of multiple cycles of DNA synthesis after exposure to ionizing radiation, and it is known that there is a strong correlation between the slope of the PFU dose-response curve and the clonogenic initial slope. This suggests that DNA lesions expressed in clonogens are also important in PFU. Cells having a mutation in XRCC5 (also known as Ku80; strain...
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