Nature of the chlorine-centred paramagnetic species in irradiated crystals of cytosine hydrochloride doped with thiocytosine

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 603-608

  Sankovic K ^a   Krilov, D ^b   Pranjic Petrovic T ^c   Huttermann J ^d   Herak, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 THIOCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X IRRADIATION;

CHLORINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOSINE; MAGNETICS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029862580     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530096144815     Document Type: Article

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