Ionizing radiation and genetic risks. III. Nature of spontaneous and radiation-induced mutations in mammalian in vitro systems and mechanisms of induction of mutations by radiation.

doi:10.1016/0165-1110(91)90029-u

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Ionizing radiation and genetic risks. III. Nature of spontaneous and radiation-induced mutations in mammalian in vitro systems and mechanisms of induction of mutations by radiation.

Mutation research - 1 Jul 1991

Sankaranarayanan K

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This paper (1) presents an analysis of published data on the molecular nature of spontaneously arising and radiation-induced mutations in mammalian somatic cell systems and (2) examines whether the molecular nature and mechanisms of origin of radiation-induced mutations, in mammalian in vivo and...

Topics

Animals
Humans
Mammals
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Radiation, Ionizing
Risk Factors

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