Spectroscopic study of radiation-induced DNA lesions and their susceptibility to enzymatic repair

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 543-574

  Yokoya, Akinari ^a   Fujii, Kentaro ^a   Shikazono, Naoya ^a   Ukai, Masatoshi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CYTOLOGY; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION SHIELDING; REPAIR; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

BASE EXCISION REPAIRS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATIONS; BRILLIANT SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; DNA DOUBLE STRAND BREAKS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 84870480933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10389     Document Type: Chapter

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