Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Low dose rate γ-irradiation protects fruit fly chromosomes from double strand breaks and telomere fusions by reducing the esi-RNA biogenesis factor Loquacious

  • A. Porrazzo,
  • F. Cipressa,
  • A. De Gregorio,
  • C. De Pittà,
  • G. Sales,
  • L. Ciapponi,
  • P. Morciano,
  • G. Esposito,
  • M. A. Tabocchini,
  • G. Cenci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03885-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Chronic low y-radiation exposure to Drosophila cells decreases chromosome breaks induced by high-dose irradiation and telomere dysfunction by reducing the esiRNA biogenesis factor Loquacious D.