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Particles: unique molecular & cellular effects

substan'ally higher amount of

reac've oxygen species

(ROS)

p21

(cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor)

= cell cycle arrest

(Scholz 2001 Rad. Res.)

higher + longer cell cycle

arrest in the G2/M-phase

subcellular and cellular level

more clustered DNA damage