Article
Heavy ion mutagenesis: linear energy transfer effects and genetic linkage.
Radiation and environmental biophysics - 1 Jun 1995
Kronenberg A, Gauny S, Criddle K, Vannais D, Ueno A, Kraemer S, Waldren C A
Abstract excerpt
We have characterized a series of 69 independent mutants at the endogenous hprt locus of human TK6 lymphoblasts and over 200 independent S1-deficient mutants of the human x hamster hybrid cell line AL arising spontaneously or following low-fluence exposures to densely ionizing Fe ions (600 MeV/amu, linear energy transfer = 190 keV/microns). We find that large deletions are common. The entire hprt gene (> 44 kb)...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Cricetinae
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Iron
- Linear Energy Transfer
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- X Chromosome
