Plasmid DNA damage following exposure to atmospheric pressure nonthermal plasma: Kinetics and influence of oxygen admixture

Plasma Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 211-219

  Alkawareek, Mahmoud Y ^a,b   Alshraiedeh, Nid’a H ^a   Higginbotham, Sarah ^a   Flynn, Padrig B ^a   Algwari, Qais T ^c   Gorman, Sean P ^a   Graham, William G ^a   Gilmore, Brendan F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma; DNA; DNA damage; Nonthermal plasma; Ozone; Plasma medicine; Plasma sterilisation; Plasmid; Singlet delta oxygen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMOLECULES; OXYGEN; OZONE; PLASMA JETS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; DNA DAMAGES; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PLASMA MEDICINES; PLASMID; SINGLET DELTA OXYGEN;

DNA;

OXYGEN; PLASMID DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; GAS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84922745300     PISSN: 19475764     EISSN: 19475772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/PlasmaMed.2015011977     Document Type: Article

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