Monte carlo simulation of the production of short DNA fragments by low- linear energy transfer radiation using higher-order DNA models

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-182

  Friedland, Werner ^a   Jacob, Peter ^a   Paretzke, Herwig G ^a   Stork, Tobias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X IRRADIATION;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031854165     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579852     Document Type: Article

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