Formation of single- and double-strand breaks of pBR322 plasmid irradiated in the presence of scavengers

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Shao, Chunlin ^a   Saito, Masahiro ^b   Yu, Zengliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EDETIC ACID; MANNITOL; SCAVENGER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RADIATION ENERGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; LINEAR MODELS; MANNITOL; PLASMIDS;

ILEX COOKII; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0032765170     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050145     Document Type: Article

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