Induction of Sister Chromatid Exchanges (SCE) inG0Lymphocytes by Plutonium-238 α-particles
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 53 (6), 909-915
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008814551271
Abstract
Irradiation of human G0 lymphocytes with plutonium-238 α-particles and X-rays was performed to investigate the production of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE). Alpha-particles produce a significant increase in SCE and this elevation is more significant when separated lymphocytes are irradiated. X-ray irradiation did not induce any significant increase in SCE. Therefore the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) for the induction of SCE by α-particles in this system is undefined and effectively infinite.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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