How does radiation kill cells?

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth Cohen–Jonathan; Eric J Bernhard; W Gillies McKenna

• Book ID: 104415195
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1367-5931
• DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(99)80014-3

✦ Synopsis

Recent advances in the understanding of intracellular signaling after genotoxic injury have led to a better understanding of the pathways that influence radiation-induced cell death. Particular progress has been made in defining molecular controls of apoptosis and radiation-induced cell cycle arrest, as well as the possible role of telomerase activity in stabilizing DNA breaks.