Simulation of DNA fragment distributions after irradiation with photons

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Friedland, Werner ^a   Jacob, Peter ^a   Paretzke, Herwig G ^a   Merzagora, Matteo ^b   Ottolenghi, Andrea ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; FIBROBLAST; GENOME; IRRADIATION; LIQUID; PHOTON; PROTEIN FOLDING; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0033017815     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050136     Document Type: Article

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