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Clustered DNA Damages Induced by X Rays in Human Cells
1 Jun 2002
Abstract excerpt
Although DNA DSBs are known to be important in producing the damaging effects of ionizing radiation in cells, bistranded clustered DNA damages-two or more oxidized bases, abasic sites or strand breaks on opposing DNA strands within a few helical turns-are postulated to be difficult to repair and thus to be critical radiation-induced lesions. Gamma rays can induce clustered damages in DNA in solution, and...
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