Reduced contribution of thermally labile sugar lesions to DNA double strand break formation after exposure to heavy ions

In cells exposed to low linear energy transfer (LET) ionizing-radiation (IR), double-strand-breaks (DSBs) form within clustered-damage-sites (CDSs) from lesions disrupting the DNA sugar-phosphate backbone. It is commonly assumed that all DSBs form promptly and are immediately detected by the cellula...

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Main Authors: Singh, Satyendra K, Bencsik-Theilen, Alena, Mladenov, Emil, Jakob, Burkhard, Taucher-Scholz, Gisela, Iliakis, George
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627621/