Relationship between LET and RBE values for Escherichia coli determined using carbon ion beams from the TIARA cyclotron and HIMAC synchrotron

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-177

  Imamura, Masahiro ^a   Murata, Takashi ^a   Akagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a   Imamura, Masato ^a   Inoue, Kyoichi ^a   Mizuma, Nagayo ^b   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^c   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^c   Hachiya, Misao ^d   Akashi, Makoto ^d   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^d   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^e   Takahashi, Shinpei ^f   Nakano, Tamotsu ^f   Nagaoka, Shunji ^f   Ohnishi, Takeo ^g   Obiya, Yurino ^h   Harada, Kazuki ^h  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAKASAKI ADVANCED RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Japan Space Utiliz Promotion Center   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h PL Gakuen Women's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion beam; DNA repair; Escherichia coli; HIMAC; KURRI; LET; RBE; TIARA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; LETHALITY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECA GENE; SYNCHROTRON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 14444275084     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.175     Document Type: Article

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