X-irradiation
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From X-ray + irradiation.
Noun
[edit]X-irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural X-irradiations)
- Irradiation with X-rays.
- 1968, Advances in Genetics, page 196:
- However, it was recently shown that the ability of Escherichia coli (Harrington, 1964, 1966) and of calf thymus (Zimmermann et al., 1964, 1965) DNA's to prime in vitro RNA synthesis is severely depressed by X-irradiations.
- 1998, Sharyn A. Endow, David M. Glover, Dynamics of Cell Division, page 7:
- The first gene shown to be involved in a cell cycle checkpoint was originally recovered because of its sensitivity to X-irradiation (6).
- 2013, H. V. Brøndsted, G. A. Kerkut, Planarian Regeneration, page 199:
- Bardeen and Baetjer (1904) used X-irradiation (without stating doses) on Dugesia tigrina (maculata) and D. lugubris.