Radiation sensitivity of N. pharaonis in comparison with E. coli K12 strains

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-148

  Quint, R M ^a   Solar, S ^a   Stan Lotter, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inst of Genet and General Biology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATRONOBACTERIUM; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NATRONOBACTERIUM; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS;

COBALT; OXYGEN;

CELL LINE; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RAYS; NATRONOBACTERIUM; OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036616501     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-002-0146-7     Document Type: Article

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