Team:NYC Wetware/Cell Damage

From 2011.igem.org

(Difference between revisions)
Line 20: Line 20:
<h3> Cell Damage from Radiation </h3>
<h3> Cell Damage from Radiation </h3>
<p>
<p>
-
*Direct Effects
+
 
 +
== Direct Effects ==
 +
 
<BR/>
<BR/>
 +
*Absorbed by DNA
<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/5/58/UVCellDamage.jpg" alt="UV Cell Damage" width="50%" height="50% />
<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/5/58/UVCellDamage.jpg" alt="UV Cell Damage" width="50%" height="50% />
(Source of DNA image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A-DNA,_B-DNA_and_Z-DNA.png)
(Source of DNA image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A-DNA,_B-DNA_and_Z-DNA.png)
 +
 +
<Br/>
 +
 +
      *Can cause single-strand breaks
 +
<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/5/58/SSBs.jpg" alt="SSBs" width="50%" height="50% />
 +
(Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/98/15/8241/F1.expansion.html)
 +
<Br/>
<Br/>

Revision as of 16:06, 19 August 2011