Biomolecular action of ionizing radiation / edited by Shirley Lehnert. - New York : Taylor & Francis, c2008. - xxxii, 527 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic radiation physics and chemistry -- Basic cell biology and molecular genetics -- Methods of cell and molecular radiobiology -- Ionizing radiation effects to the cytoplasm -- Damage to DNA by ionizing radiation -- Repair of radiation damage to DNA -- Cellular response to DNA damage -- Chromatin structure and radiation sensitivity -- Radiation-induced chromosome damage -- Modulation of radiation response via signal transduction pathways -- Radiation-induced apoptosis -- Early and late responding genes induced by ionizing radiation -- Cell death, cell survival, and adaptation -- Bystander effects and genomic instability -- Tumor radiobiology -- Radiation biology of nonmammalian species: three eukaryotes and a bacterium.

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Ionizing radiation--Physiological effect.
Molecular radiobiology.
Radiation, Ionizing.
Cells--radiation effects.
DNA--radiation effects.

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