Clusters of DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation: Formation of short DNA fragments. I. Theoretical modeling

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-199

  Holley, William R ^a   Chatterjee, Aloke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER; NUCLEOSOME; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 0029664689     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579174     Document Type: Article

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