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. 1994 Oct;14(10):125-30.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2918-7_12.

Repair of radiation induced genetic damage under microgravity

H D Pross  1 , M Kost, J Kiefer
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Repair of radiation induced genetic damage under microgravity

H D Pross et al. Adv Space Res. 1994 Oct.

Abstract

The influence of microgravity on the repair of radiation induced genetic damage in a temperature-conditional repair mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (rad 54-3) was investigated onboard the IML-1 mission (January 22nd-30th 1992, STS-42). Cells were irradiated before the flight, incubated under microgravity at the permissive (22 degrees C) and restrictive (36 degrees C) temperature and afterwards tested for survival. The results suggest that repair may be reduced under microgravity.

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