The role of hydration in the distribution of free radical trapping in directly ionized DNA

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Purkayastha, Shubhadeep ^a   Milligan, Jamie R ^b   Bernhard, William A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FREE RADICAL; NUCLEOTIDE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FILM; HYDRATION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SOLVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; FREE RADICALS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; WATER;

EID: 33745925581     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3585.1     Document Type: Article

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