Track structure in DNA irradiated with heavy ions

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Bowman, Michael K ^a   Becker, David ^b   Sevilla, Michael D ^b   Zimbrick, John D ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC DOUBLE RESONANCE; SALMON; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SALMON;

EID: 15544371494     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3338     Document Type: Article

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