"In situ" observation of guanine radicals induced by ultrasoft X-ray irradiation around the K-edge regions of nitrogen and oxygen

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 833-839

  Yokoya, Akinari ^a   Akamatsu, Ken ^a   Fujii, Kentaro ^a   Ukai, Masatoshi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM; X IRRADIATION; X RAY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GUANINE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSAGE; X-RAYS;

EID: 12344255733     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000400017689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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