Iodine-125 decay in a synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide. I. Fragment size distribution and evaluation of breakage probability

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Lobachevsky, P N ^a   Martin, R F ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IODINE 125; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034105603     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0263:IDIASO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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