DUKE MICROWAVE LABORATORY REPORT NO. 24 FOR NOVEMBER 1, 1958-FEBRUARY 1, 1959

Technical Report · Sat Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4248442

The method of electron spin resonance was applied to detect free radicals in the nucleic acids and their simpler constituents in an effort to learn something about the mechanisms of gene mutation. Preliminary results are described. The effects of x and gamma rays on a number of hormones were also investigated by electron spin resonance, and preliminary results are described. Electron spin resonance was also used to study the effects of ionizing radiations on a number of vitamins, Details of the study are given. Some lipids closely related in structure to the steroid hormones were studied in the hope that the information gained would be useful in the interpretation of the results on the hormones. (For preceding period see NP-7183.) (A.C.)

• Research Organization: Duke Univ., Durham, N.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-008204
• OSTI ID: 4248442
• Report Number(s): NP-7250; AD-209424)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ELECTRONS
FREE RADICALS
GAMMA RADIATION
GENETICS
HORMONES
LIPIDS
MUTATIONS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION EFFECTS ON MATERIALS
RESONANCE
SPIN
STEROIDS
VITAMINS
X RADIATION