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Radiation-induced total-deletion mutations in the human hprt gene: a biophysical model based on random walk interphase chromatin geometry

H. WU R. K. SACHS T. C. YANG NASA Johnson Space Center, Radiation Biophysics Laboratory Mail Code SD2, Houston, TX 77058, USA.; Kelsey -Seybold Clinic, Mail Code SD2, Houston Texas 77058, USA.; Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley , California 94720, USA.
Pages 149-156 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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