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Radiation-induced HPRT mutations resulting from misrejoined DNA double-strand breaks.
Radiation research - 1 Jun 2008
Rothkamm Kai, Gunasekara Kut, Warda Salam A, Krempler Andrea, Löbrich Markus
Abstract excerpt
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most severe lesions induced by ionizing radiation, and unrejoined or misrejoined DSBs can lead to cell lethality, mutations and the initiation of tumorigenesis. We have investigated X-ray- and alpha-particle-induced mutations that inactivate the hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene in human bladder carcinoma cells and in hTERT-immortalized human...
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