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| the breaking of one or both of the sugar-phosphate chains of a DNA molecule that can be caused by exposure of the molecule to ionizing radiation. |
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| Female and Male reproductive cells |
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| Loss or change of a nitrogenous base in the DNA chain |
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| ionization of atoms on essential molecules produced by straight interaction with the incident radiation |
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| Radiation damage is observed on which level? |
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| Molecular, cellular, and organic systems |
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| Chromosome aberrations result when irradiation occurs? |
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| ionizing radiaiton interacts with a DNA macromolecule and the energy transferred in process of ruptures one of its chemical bonds, severs one of the sugar-phosphate chain side rails, or stands. |
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| Relative capabilities of radiation with differing LETs to produce articular biologic reaction |
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| the average energy deposited per unit length of track |
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| classic method of displaying the sensitivity of a particular type of cell to radiation |
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| Chemical unions created between atom by the single sharing of one or more pairs of electrons |
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| used to calculate the equivalent dose to determine the ability of a dose of any kind of ionizing radiation to cause biologic damage |
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| ratio of the radiation dose required to cause a biologic response of cells or organisms in an oxygen-deprived environment to the radiation dose required to cause an identical response under normal oxygenated conditions. |
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| branch of biology concerned with the effects of ionizing radiation on living systems. |
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| where are lymphocytes manufactured in the human body? |
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| cell dies if the key molecule becomes inactivated as a consequence of exposure to ionizing radiation |
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| multistage process that first involves the production of reactive free radicals that are created by the interaction of radiation with water molecules |
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| irradiation of individual chromatids occurs later in interphase after DNA synthesis has taken place |
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| Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau |
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| Radio sensitivity of cells is directly proportional their reproductive activity and inversely proportional to their degree of differentiation |
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