DNA breakage upon K-shell excitation of phosphorus as a model for direct effects in radiation biology

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 632-635

  Le Sech, Claude ^a   Frohlich, Horst ^a   Saint Marc, Christelle ^b   Charlier, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE MUTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; YEAST;

DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTONS; PLASMIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029867772     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579283     Document Type: Article

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