High LET heavy ion radiation induces lower numbers of initial chromosome breaks with minimal repair than low LET radiation in normal human cells.
Sekine E, Okada M, Matsufuji N, Yu D, Furusawa Y, Okayasu R.
Sekine E, et al. Among authors: okada m.
Mutat Res. 2008 Mar 29;652(1):95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.01.003. Epub 2008 Jan 31.
Mutat Res. 2008.
PMID: 18314380
We investigated the earliest possible chromosome break and repair process in normal human fibroblasts irradiated with low and high LET (linear energy transfer) heavy ion radiation using the modified premature chromosome condensation (PCC) technique utilizing wortmannin (WM) durin …
We investigated the earliest possible chromosome break and repair process in normal human fibroblasts irradiated with low and high LET (line …