Low-energy (5-25 eV) electron damage to homo-oligonucleotides

Radiation Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-333

  Dugal, Pierre Cyrille ^a   Huels, Michael A ^a   Sanche, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYTHYMIDYLIC ACID; THIOL;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; VACUUM;

EID: 0033050719     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579945     Document Type: Article

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