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Prolonged treatment with relatively low doses of ionizing radiation did not induce synthesis of superoxide dismutase, either inDrosophila melanogaster or in mice liver.
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Acknowledgment. This work was supported by the project No. R. III. 13.2.4.
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Bartosz, G., Leyko, W. & Fried, R. Is superoxide dismutase a physiological radioprotector. Experientia 35, 1194 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963282
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