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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… 
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Nijmegen Breakage SyndromeRadiation-Protective AgentsRadiation-Sensitizing Agentsaspects of radiation effects

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Radiobiology

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Role of kit-ligand in proliferation and suppression of apoptosis in mast cells: basis for radiosensitivity of white spotting and steel mutant mice
The receptor tyrosine kinase Kit and its cognate ligand KL/steel factor are encoded at the white spotting (W) and Steel (Sl) loci… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Evidence for a positive correlation between in vitro radiosensitivity of normal human skin fibroblasts and the occurrence of subcutaneous fibrosis after radiotherapy.
A colony-forming assay of human skin fibroblast radiosensitivity was established in our laboratory and applied to primary skin… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
A therapeutic benefit from combining normobaric carbogen or oxygen with nicotinamide in fractionated X-ray treatments.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Deg phenotype of Escherichia coli lon mutants
Deg. one of the Escherichia coli systems for degrading abnormal polypeptides (e.g., nonsense fragments), is also involved in the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Defective excision repair of γ-ray-damaged DNA in human (ataxia telangiectasia) fibroblasts
ATAXIA telangiectasia (AT) (Louis–Bar syndrome) is a rare human neurovascular disease displaying an autosomal recessive pattern… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Two types of radiation-sensitive mutant in yeast.
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Effect of halogenated pyrimidines on radiosensitivity of E. coli.
The incorporation of halogcnated thymine and thymidine analogs into E.coli DNA during log-phase growth, though relatively… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Relative radiosensitivity of different phases in the life cycle of L-P59 mouse fibroblasts and ascites tumor cells.
The radiosensitivity of different stages in the life cycle of mouse L cells growing in vitro, and mouse ascites tumor cells… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Effect of Oxygen on the Radiosensitivity of Bacteriophage in the Presence of Sulphydryl Compounds
IONIZING radiation is generally more effective in killing cells if oxygen is present at the time of irradiation1. In view of the… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The relationship between growth and survival after irradiation of Escherichia coli strain B and two resistant mutants.
SUMMARY: Faster growth of Escherichia coli strain B cells is observed in media which contain factors previously found to increase… 
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