On the biophysical interpretation of lethal DNA lesions induced by ionising radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Kundrát, Pavel ^a   Stewart, Robert D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTON; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROBABILITY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; ANIMAL; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CRICETULUS; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 34347370698     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl439     Document Type: Article

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