Monte Carlo simulations of site-specific radical attack to DNA bases

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-231

  Aydogan, Bulent ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^b   Swarts, Steven G ^c   Turner, James E ^d   Marshall, David T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA B; DNA BASE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE; THYMINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BASE PAIRING; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; LIQUID; MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOTIDES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 39749176152     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0293.1     Document Type: Article

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