Evaluation of the resistance of Euglena gracilis to ion beam radiation

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Hayashi, Hirotaka ^a,b   Wada, Seiichi ^b   Funayama, Tomoo ^b   Narumi, Issay ^b   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Furuta, Masakazu ^a   Uehara, Kaku ^a,c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ion beams; Linear energy transfer (LET); Radiation resistance; Relative biological effectiveness (RBE); Space radiation

Indexed keywords

ION;

RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; IONS; RADIATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

ALGAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2542500735     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00573.x     Document Type: Article

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