Theoretical Modeling of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage

Radical and Radical Ion Reactivity in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-40

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Sevilla, Michael D ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct effect of ionizing radiation in radical ion formation; Hole delocalization in adenine stacks; Theoretical modeling of radiation induced DNA damage

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EID: 77951975081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470526279.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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