Unaltered free base release from d(CGCGCG)2 produced by the direct effect of ionizing radiation at 4 K and room temperature

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-507

  Sharma, Kiran K ^a   Purkayastha, Shubhadeep ^a   Bernhard, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X IRRADIATION; X RAY; X RAY FILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249932413     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0847.1     Document Type: Article

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