Radicals in 5-methylcytosine induced by ionizing radiation. electron magnetic resonance for structural and mechanistic analyses

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 689-702

  Krivokapić, André ^a   Øhman, Kjell Tage ^a   Munthe, Morten ^a   Nelson, William H ^b   Hole, Eli O ^a   Sagstuen, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CARBON; NITROGEN; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X IRRADIATION;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOT TEMPERATURE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 77951855160     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2026.1     Document Type: Article

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