Aspects of the adaptive response to very low doses of radiation and other agents.

doi:10.1016/s0027-5107(96)00114-5

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Aspects of the adaptive response to very low doses of radiation and other agents.

Mutation research - 4 Nov 1996

Wolff S

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When human lymphocytes and other cells are pre-exposed to very low doses of ionizing radiation and subsequently exposed to a high dose, less genetic damage, i.e., fewer chromosome aberrations, is found than is observed in cells that had not been pre-exposed. This has been termed the adaptive resp...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Cell Cycle
Cells, Cultured
DNA
DNA Damage
DNA Repair
DNA Restriction Enzymes
DNA, Complementary
Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Embryo, Mammalian
Female
Fibroblasts
Humans
Lymphocytes
Male
Mice

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