During exposure of cells to acute high dose-rate ionizing radiation (IR), oxidants from the radiolysis of water can overwhelm antioxidant systems. Protecting flora from the effects of IR released from a nuclear industry of increasing global significance and managing the growth of plants during space flight both necessitate estimating the effects of chronic low dose-rate exposure to IR. In contrast to effects at acute high-dose rates, under chronic low dose-rate exposure it is subtle, progressive, long-term effects on antioxidant systems that it is important to estimate. Here, we outline a method that combines biochemical measurement and mathematical modeling to predict the effects of chronic low dose-rate IR on redox potential in plant cells over time.
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Caplin, N., & Willey, N. (2019). Predicting the effects of low dose-rate ionizing radiation on redox potential in plant cells. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1990, pp. 135–142). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9463-2_11
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