Damage induced by 1-30 eV electrons on thymine- and bromouracil- substituted oligonucleotides

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-28

  Abdoul Carime, Hassan ^a   Dugal, Pierre Cyrille ^a   Sanche, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMOURACIL; DNA BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HALOGENATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0033997851     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0023:DIBEEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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