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Alteration in frequencies of different classes of chromosome aberrations throughout the first cell cycle following X irradiation

Journal Article · · Radiat. Res.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3575403· OSTI ID:5176820
The frequencies of different classes of aberrations induced by 250 rad of X rays following pulse-labeling with tritiated thymidine were scored in successive time samples of metaphase cells over one cell cycle in a cell line with a very simple karyotype. The experimental conditions precluded the possibility that cells were in their second division following irradiation. It was found that chromosome-type aberrations were common in cells apparently in early S at the time of irradiation, that is, in labeled metaphases found at later collection times, and gradually declined in frequency at earlier collection times. The most frequent class of aberrations in early S cells was sister unions. Sister unions were also found in cells irradiated in G/sub 1/. The data suggest that those classes of aberrations usually described as of the isochromatid type are more probably of the chromosome type, or are chromosome-chromatid interchanges.
Research Organization:
Cancer Inst., Melbourne, Australia
OSTI ID:
5176820
Journal Information:
Radiat. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Radiat. Res.; (United States) Vol. 81:2; ISSN RAREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English