Single- and double-strand breaks in solid pBR322 DNA induced by ultrasoft X-rays at photon energies of 388, 435 and 573 eV

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-158

  Yokoya, Akinari ^a   Watanabe, Ritsuko ^a   Hara, Takehiro ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA strand break; Monochromatic ultrasoft X rays; Nitrogen K edge; Oxygen K edge; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; LIGHT SOURCES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; SYNCHROTRONS;

ABSORBED ENERGY; DNA STRAND BREAK; DOUBLE STRAND BREAKS; MONOCHROMATIC ULTRASOFT X-RAY; MONOCHROMATICS; NITROGEN K-EDGE; OXYGEN K-EDGE; PHOTON ENERGY; SINGLE-STRAND BREAKS; STRAND BREAKS;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; PHOTON; PLASMID; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOBIOLOGY; X RAY;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; PHOTONS; PLASMIDS; RADIOBIOLOGY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0000282409     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.40.145     Document Type: Article

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