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Mechanisms of induction and repair of DNA double-strand breaks by ionizing radiation: Some contradictions

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The various aspects of formation and repair of radiation-induced double-strand breaks (DSB) are summarized. Concerning the structure of DSB found in irradiated cells, enzymatic and microdosimetric analysis hints at complex damage of the DNA structure at the position of a DSB. With increasing LET, the DSB damage may be more complex than that induced by low-LET irradiation. Most of the DSB are repaired in the irradiated cell; apparently the kinetics of DSB repair and the fraction of unrejoined DSB determine cell survival or cell death. We do not know the details of the complex machinery of DSB repair; certaintly recombination processes are involved, but there are still contradictions between our current knowledge about the mechanisms of recombinational DSB repair and the observed kinetics.

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Hagen, U. Mechanisms of induction and repair of DNA double-strand breaks by ionizing radiation: Some contradictions. Radiat Environ Biophys 33, 45–61 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01255273

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