LET dependence of the yield of single-, double-strand breaks and base lesions in fully hydrated plasmid DNA films by 4He2+ ion irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-33

  Urushibara, Ayumi ^a   Shikazono, Naoya ^a   O'Neill, Peter ^b   Fujii, Kentaro ^a   Wada, Seiichi ^a   Yokoya, Akinari ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MRC Radiation And Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustered damage; Direct effects of radiation; DNA hydration; DNA strand break; Glycosylases; High LET

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; HELIUM; NUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRATION; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HELIUM; IONS; ISOTOPES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PLASMIDS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 36749005049     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000701616072     Document Type: Article

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