Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 321-328 , March 2008

In normal human fibroblasts variation in DSB repair capacity cannot be ascribed to radiation-induced changes in the localisation, expression or activity of major NHEJ proteins

  • Ulla Kasten-Pisula

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Svetlana Vronskaja

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Jens Overgaard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Ekkehard Dikomey

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ekkehard Dikomey, Laboratory of Radiobiology & Experimental Radiooncology, Clinic of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.

Received 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 30 November 2007.

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Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 321-328 , March 2008

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