Colony-formation assays on polystyrene, fibronectin (FN), laminin (LA), bovine serum albumin (BSA) or poly-L-lysine (poly-L) (0–8 Gy), kinase assays, flow cytometric DNA and annexin-V analysis and immunoblotting were performed in nonirradiated and irradiated (2 or 6 Gy) A549 human lung cancer cells and CCD32 normal human lung fibroblasts. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is lung carcinoma.