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Low-Dose Hyper-radiosensitivity is not Caused by a Failure to Recognize DNA Double-Strand Breaks
1 May 2006
Abstract excerpt
One of the earliest cellular responses to radiation-induced DNA damage is the phosphorylation of the histone variant H2AX (gamma-H2AX). gamma-H2AX facilitates the local concentration and focus formation of numerous repair-related proteins within the vicinity of DNA DSBs. Previously, we have shown that low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS), the excessive sensitivity of mammalian cells to very low doses of ionizing...
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