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Science 5 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3974, pp. 903 - 905
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3974.903
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Chromosome Lesions Produced with an Argon Laser Microbeam without Dye Sensitization

Michael W. Berns 1, Wanny K. Cheng 1, Alton D. Floyd 2, and Yasushi Ohnuki 3

1 Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104
2 Department of Anatomy, University of Michigan
3 Pasadena Foundation for Medical Research, Pasadena, California 91101

Improvements in the argon laser microbeam have made it possible to cause damage to chromosomes of tissue culture cells without prior treatment of the cells with a photosensitizing agent. These results have been confirmed independently in two laboratories.


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Directed Chromosome Loss by Laser Microirradiation.
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Laser Microirradiation of Chromosomes.
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