Yields of strand breaks and base lesions induced by soft X-rays in plasmid DNA

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 86-88

  Yokoya, Akinari ^a   Fujii, K ^a   Ushigome, T ^a,b   Shikazono, N ^a   Urushibara, A ^a   Watanabe, R ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROXIDE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN NTH; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON; EXCISION REPAIR; GAMMA RADIATION; HEATING; HYDRATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; X RAY; BASE MISPAIRING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLASMID; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLASMIDS; RADIATION DOSAGE; X-RAYS;

EID: 34347386894     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl408     Document Type: Article

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