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Induction of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage by γ Irradiation

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γ Radiation is an electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of 0.1–100 pm. Like all forms of electromagnetic radiations, the γ ray has no mass and no charge and interacts with material by colliding with the electrons in the shells of atoms. Irradiation with γ rays is very penetrating, and the energy transferred induces a wide variety of lesions into the components of cultured cells, especially deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

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  1. Division of Population Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

    Salvatore Cortellino, David P. Turner & Alfonso Bellacosa

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  1. Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

    Antonio Giordano

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Gaetano Romano

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Cortellino, S., Turner, D.P., Bellacosa, A. (2004). Induction of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage by γ Irradiation. In: Giordano, A., Romano, G. (eds) Cell Cycle Control and Dysregulation Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 285. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-822-6:127

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