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Increase in Ultra-Violet Absorption of Cytoplasm after Therapeutic X-and Gamma-Irradiation

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A RELATIONSHIP between the radiosensitivity of tissues and the metabolism of nucleic acid has often been suggested and receives support from certain work, including the possible correlation between the maximum of cellular radio-sensitivity in the premitotic phase1,2 and the rapid increase in the nucleic acid content of nuclei preceding mitosis3,4,5.

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MITCHELL, J. Increase in Ultra-Violet Absorption of Cytoplasm after Therapeutic X-and Gamma-Irradiation. Nature 146, 272–273 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146272a0

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