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Radiation Tolerance

Known as: Radiation Sensitivity, Tolerance, Radiation, Radiosensitivities 
The ability of some cells or tissues to survive lethal doses of IONIZING RADIATION. Tolerance depends on the species, cell type, and physical and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Radiobiology

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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Familial melanoma associated with dominant ultraviolet radiation sensitivity.
Sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation was studied in lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from 32 members of two families with… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Recovery of CHO cells from hyperthermic potentiation to X-rays repair of DNA and chromatin.
Above the critical temperature, ca. 42.5/sup 0/C, hyperthermic potentiation of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to x irradiation… 
1980
1980
Selective killing of glucose and oxygen-deprived HeLa cells by hyperthermia.
We previously have reported that glucose deprivation specifically enhance cell killing by hyperthermia in the absence of oxygen… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Symptoms of X-ray damage to radiosensitive mouse leukemic cells: asynchronous populations.
The extreme X-ray sensitivity of the L5178Y S/S cell line is described in terms of cytological symptoms associated with its… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Radiation sensitivity of bacteriophage DNA. II. Breaks and cross-links after irradiation in vivo.
SummaryBacteriophage T1 suspended in aqueous solution of 0·165 M NaCl + 0·1 M histidine was irradiated in a 60Co-γ-source. The… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Significance and mechanism of the indirect effect in bacterial cells. The relative protective effect of added compounds in Escherichia coli B, irradiated in liquid and in frozen suspension.
The sensitivity of Escherichia coli B to x-rays, in the presence and in the absence of added compounds, was studied at different… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
FREE-RADICAL FORMATION IN IRRADIATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID.
SummaryElectron-spin-resonance spectroscopy has been used to study free radical formation in irradiated DNA, DNA containing bromo… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
RADIOSENSITIVITY OF NUCLEAR ATP-SYNTHESIS.
Summary(1) Rat thymus nuclei were isolated in a sucrose medium. The cytoplasmic contamination of the nuclear preparations, judged… 
1960
1960
The mechanism of uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in rat spleen and liver mitochondria after whole-body irradiation.
Data are presented which show that whole-body irradiation of 800 r depresses the P: 0 ratio of mitochondria isolated from spleen… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
A cytological and cytochemical approach to an understanding of radiation damage in dividing cells.
Much effort has gone into the investigation of fundamental factors influencing radiation sensitivity of cells. In spite of this…