Free radical yields in crystalline DNA X-irradiated at 4 K

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-589

  Debije, Michael G ^a   Bernhard, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X IRRADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032764073     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580253     Document Type: Article

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