Chromosomal Alterations : Methods, Results and Importance in Human Health - Obe, Günter.; Vijayalaxmi; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
Human Chromosomes: Structural and Functional Aspects -- DNA Lesions Induced by Ionizing Radiation -- Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on DNA -- Double Strand Break Repair Mechanisms in Mammalian Cells -- Backup Pathways of Nonhomologous End Joining May Have a Dominant Role in the Formation of Chromosome Aberrations -- Targeted and Non-Targeted Induction of Chromosomal Rearrangements After Exposure to Ionizing Radiation -- DNA Methylation Damage: Formation, Repair and Biological Consequences -- Adducts, Sister-Chromatid Exchanges and Mutations Following Benzo[a]pyrene Exposure: a Review of Quantitative Data Followed by Some Considerations Regarding Risk -- Analysis of DNA Double-Strand Breaks by Means of ?-H2AX Foci -- Comet Assay -- Origin of Chromosome Aberrations: Mechanisms -- Chromatin Structure and the Formation of Chromosomal Alterations -- Role of Chromatin Structure and Activity in the Induction of Chromosomal Aberrations -- A Biomedical Perspective of Telomere Structure and Function -- Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Assay: a Comprehensive "Cytome" Approach for Measuring Chromosomal Instability, Mitotic Dysfunction and Cell Death Simultaneously in One Assay -- In Vivo Rodent Micronucleus Assay -- Sister-Chromatid Exchanges -- Fluorescence in Situ Hybridisation -- The CAB and S&S Systems, and an Approach Towards the Classification of Complex Chromosome Exchanges -- Aberration Patterns and Cell Cycle Progression Following Exposure of Lymphocytes to the Alkylating Agent Trenimon -- Cytogenetic Analysis and Occupational Health -- Biological Dosimetry -- Statistical Methods for Biological Dosimetry -- Retrospective Biological Dosimetry by FISH -- Chromosomal Aberrations in Astronauts -- Internet Information System and Literature Database on Biomedical Activities of Electromagnetic Fields: Cancer and Cytogenetic Effects -- Interpreting Studies on Magnetic Fields and the Risk of Childhood Leukaemia: an Ongoing Challenge -- Cytogenetic and Carcinogenic Effects of Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation -- Radiofrequency Radiation and Replication Studies -- Chromosome Analysis in Cancer Patients: Applications and Limitations -- Chromosomal Aberration in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes of Healthy Subjects and Risk of Cancer.
Keywords: Cell biology; Proteomics; Internal medicine; Animal genetics; Cancer research; Cell Biology; Proteomics; Internal Medicine; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Cancer Research