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. 1969 Mar;9(3):330–346. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(69)86390-3

Radiation-Induced Breaks of DNA in Cultured Mammalian Cells

W Veatch, S Okada
PMCID: PMC1367572  PMID: 5780712

Abstract

Mouse leukemic cells (L5178Y) in suspension culture were irradiated and the extent of single-strand breaks and double-strand cuts of DNA was estimated by sucrose gradient centrifugation. The radiation produced 3.0 single-strand breaks per cell (G1 stage) per rad and approximately 0.3 double-strand breaks per cell (G1 stage) per rad.

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