High-energy electron irradiation of proteins and nucleic acids: Collisional stopping power and average energy loss

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-162

  Ronan, R S ^a,b   Heinz, W F ^a,c   Kempner, E S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME INACTIVATION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION;

ELECTRONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0029836336     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050025     Document Type: Article

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