Biomolecular damage induced by ionizing radiation: The direct and indirect effects of low-energy electrons on DNA

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-398

  Alizadeh, Elahe ^a   Orlando, Thomas M ^b,c   Sanche, León ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Parker H Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

dissociative electron attachment; resonance; secondary electrons; strand breaks

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; ELECTRONS; IONIZING RADIATION; PHOTODISSOCIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BIO-MOLECULAR; DISSOCIATIVE ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; DNA DAMAGES; ELECTRON DAMAGE; ELECTRON'S INTERACTIONS; HUMAN GENOMES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; STRAND BREAKS;

DNA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON; GENETICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84926474828     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: 15451593     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103605     Document Type: Article

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