| Literature DB >> 2900277 |
R F Martin1, G D'Cunha, M Pardee, B J Allen.
Abstract
Irradiation of plasmid DNA/Gd3+ mixtures with thermal neutrons induces DNA double-strand breaks (dsb). However, the extent of breakage is markedly reduced by sequestering the Gd3+ from DNA by addition of EDTA. Since the 157Gd neutron capture event involves some internal conversion, we suggest that the DNA dsb induction results from Auger electron emission.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 2900277 DOI： 10.1080/09553008814551641
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Radiat Biol ISSN： 0955-3002 Impact factor: 2.694