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IN a number of cases, for example, bacteria and ascites tumour cells, it is known that nitric oxide increases radiation damage in anoxic conditions to a level comparable with that found in the presence of oxygen. The so-called oxygen effect is thus simulated by nitric oxide.
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DALE, W., DAVIES, J. & RUSSELL, C. ‘Nitric Oxide—and Oxygen Effect’ in X-irradiated Shigella flexneri . Nature 189, 851 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189851a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/189851a0
