Research Paper Volume 3, Issue 6 pp 609—620

Induction and persistence of radiation-induced DNA damage is more pronounced in young animals than in old animals

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Figure 7. DNA repair in the brain tissues of young, adolescent and adult animals. Western analysis of Ku70, Rad 51 and Polβ proteins. Representative blots from two independent technical repeats are shown; each experiment included cohorts of five animals for each exposure condition, with equal representation of each animal. Each lane represents pooled lysates from five animals.