Ionizing radiation-induced fragmentation of plasmid DNA - Atomic force microscopy and biophysical modeling

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1043-1049

  Psonka, K ^a,b   Gudowska Nowak, E ^a,b   Brons, S ^b   Elsasser Th ^b   Heiss, M ^b   Taucher Scholz, G ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; DNA damage: double strand break; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUTAGENESIS; VISUALIZATION;

BIOPHYSICAL MODELING; DNA DAMAGE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET);

DNA;

EID: 34249666065     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.089     Document Type: Article

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