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International Journal of Radiation Biology Volume 59, 1991 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Negative Supercoiling Increases the Sensitivity of Plasmid DNA to Single-strand Break Induction by X-rays

J.H. Miller Biology and Chemistry Department, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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J.M. Nelson Radiation Biochemistry Department, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 28014-5145, USA
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M. Ye Department of Biomathematical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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C.E. Swenberg Biology and Chemistry Department, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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J.M. Speicher Radiation Biochemistry Department, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 28014-5145, USA
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C.J. Benham Department of Biomathematical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10029, USA
Pages 941-949 | Received 17 Sep 1990, Accepted 28 Nov 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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