DNA damage by low-energy ions

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 893-896

  Hunniford, C Adam ^a   McCullough, Robert W ^a   Davies, R Jeremy H ^a   Timson, David J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg peak; DNA supercoiling; Ion beam; Plasmid DNA; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

DNA; ION;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; ION TRANSPORT; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION INJURY; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; IONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70349316115     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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