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The presence of oxygen during the exposure of mammalian and bacterial cells to X-rays does not affect the efficiency of single strand breakage of DNA, but in bacteria it interferes with strand rejoining processes which occur during irradiation.
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DEAN, C., ORMEROD, M., SERIANNI, R. et al. DNA Strand Breakage in Cells irradiated with X-rays. Nature 222, 1042–1044 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2221042a0
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