The complexity of DNA damage: relevance to biological consequences.

doi:10.1080/09553009414551401

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The complexity of DNA damage: relevance to biological consequences.

International journal of radiation biology - 1 Nov 1994

Ward J F

Abstract excerpt

Ionizing radiation causes both singly and multiply damaged sites in DNA when the range of radical migration is limited by the presence of hydroxyl radical scavengers (e.g. within cells). Multiply damaged sites are considered to be more biologically relevant because of the challenges they present...

Topics

DNA Damage
DNA Repair
Hydroxyl Radical
Linear Energy Transfer
Mutation
Oxygen

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