Monte Carlo simulation of DNA strand-break induction in supercoiled plasmid pBR322 DNA from indirect effects

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Tomita, H ^a,c   Kai, M ^a   Kusama, T ^a   Ito, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DOSE RESPONSE; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PLASMID; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AEROBIOSIS; ALGORITHMS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RADIATION, IONIZING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031981518     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050077     Document Type: Article

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