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Recent Publications

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• 1. Black PJ
  2. Bernhard WA
  (2012 Nov 08). Excess electron trapping in duplex DNA: long range transfer via stacked adenines. J Phys Chem B. 116, 13211-8.
• 1. Peoples AR
  2. Lee J
  3. Weinfeld M
  4. Milligan JR
  5. Bernhard WA
  (2012 Jul 01). Yields of damage to C4' deoxyribose and to pyrimidines in pUC18 by the direct effect of ionizing radiation. Nucleic Acids Res. 40, 6060-9.
• 1. Black PJ
  2. Bernhard WA
  (2011 Jun 23). EPR detection of an electron scavenging contaminant in irradiated deoxyoligonucleotides: one-electron reduced benzoyl. J Phys Chem B. 115, 8009-13.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Swarts SG
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2011 Apr 28). Mechanisms of direct radiation damage to DNA: the effect of base sequence on base end products. J Phys Chem B. 115, 4843-55.
• 1. Price CS
  2. Razskazovskiy Y
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2010 Nov 01). Factors affecting the yields of C1' and C5' oxidation products in radiation-damaged DNA: the indirect effect. Radiat Res. 174, 645-9.
• 1. Peoples AR
  2. Mercer KR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2010 Jul 22). What fraction of DNA double-strand breaks produced by the direct effect is accounted for by radical pairs? J Phys Chem B. 114, 9283-8.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Tyagi R
  3. Purkayastha S
  4. Bernhard WA
  (2010 Jun 10). One-electron oxidation of DNA by ionizing radiation: competition between base-to-base hole-transfer and hole-trapping. J Phys Chem B. 114, 7672-80.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Bernhard WA
  (2009 Sep 24). Direct damage to the backbone of DNA oligomers is influenced by the OH moiety at strand ends, by the type of base, and by context. J Phys Chem B. 113, 12839-43.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Razskazovskiy Y
  3. Purkayastha S
  4. Bernhard WA
  (2009 Jun 11). Mechanisms of strand break formation in DNA due to the direct effect of ionizing radiation: the dependency of free base release on the length of alternating CG oligodeoxynucleotides. J Phys Chem B. 113, 8183-91.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Milligan JR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2008 Aug 01). Multiplicity of DNA single-strand breaks produced in pUC18 exposed to the direct effects of ionizing radiation. Radiat Res. 170, 156-62.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  2. Purkayastha S
  3. Milligan JR
  (2008 Jan 01). Which DNA damage is likely to be relevant in hormetic responses? Dose Response. 6, 184-95.
• 1. Swarts SG
  2. Gilbert DC
  3. Sharma KK
  4. Razskazovskiy Y
  5. Purkayastha S
  6. Naumenko KA
  7. Bernhard WA
  (2007 Sep 01). Mechanisms of direct radiation damage in DNA, based on a study of the yields of base damage, deoxyribose damage, and trapped radicals in d(GCACGCGTGC)(2). Radiat Res. 168, 367-81.
• 1. Purkayastha S
  2. Milligan JR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2007 Sep 01). On the chemical yield of base lesions, strand breaks, and clustered damage generated in plasmid DNA by the direct effect of X rays. Radiat Res. 168, 357-66.
• 1. Sharma KK
  2. Purkayastha S
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2007 May 01). Unaltered free base release from d(CGCGCG)2 produced by the direct effect of ionizing radiation at 4 K and room temperature. Radiat Res. 167, 501-7.
• 1. Purkayastha S
  2. Milligan JR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2006 Dec 28). An investigation into the mechanisms of DNA strand breakage by direct ionization of variably hydrated plasmid DNA. J Phys Chem B. 110, 26286-91.
• 1. Roginskaya M
  2. Bernhard WA
  3. Razskazovskiy Y
  (2006 Jul 01). Protection of DNA against direct radiation damage by complex formation with positively charged polypeptides. Radiat Res. 166, 9-18.
• 1. Purkayastha S
  2. Milligan JR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2006 Jul 01). The role of hydration in the distribution of free radical trapping in directly ionized DNA. Radiat Res. 166, 1-8.
• 1. Roginskaya M
  2. Razskazovskiy Y
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2005 Sep 26). 2-Deoxyribonolactone lesions in X-ray-irradiated DNA: quantitative determination by catalytic 5-methylene-2-furanone release. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 44, 6210-3.
• 1. Purkayastha S
  2. Milligan JR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2005 Sep 08). Correlation of free radical yields with strand break yields produced in plasmid DNA by the direct effect of ionizing radiation. J Phys Chem B. 109, 16967-73.
• 1. Roginskaya M
  2. Bernhard WA
  3. Marion RT
  4. Razskazovskiy Y
  (2005 Jan 01). The release of 5-methylene-2-furanone from irradiated DNA catalyzed by cationic polyamines and divalent metal cations. Radiat Res. 163, 85-9.
• 1. Purkayastha S
  2. Bernhard WA
  (2004 Nov 25). What is the initial chemical precursor of DNA strand breaks generated by direct-type effects? J Phys Chem B. 108, 18377-82.
• 1. Roginskaya M
  2. Bernhard WA
  3. Razskazovskiy Y
  (2004 Feb 19). Diffusion Approach to Long Distance Charge Migration in DNA: Time-Dependent and Steady-State Analytical Solutions for the Product Yields. J Phys Chem B. 108, 2432-7.
• 1. Razskazovskiy Y
  2. Debije MG
  3. Howerton SB
  4. Williams LD
  5. Bernhard WA
  (2003 Sep 01). Strand breaks in X-irradiated crystalline DNA: alternating CG oligomers. Radiat Res. 160, 334-9.
• 1. Razskazovskiy Y
  2. Debije MG
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2003 May 01). Strand breaks produced in X-írradiated crystalline DNA: influence of base sequence. Radiat Res. 159, 663-9.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Close DM
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2002 Mar 01). Reductive damage in directly ionized DNA: saturation of the C5=C6 bond of cytosine in d(CGCG)(2) crystals. Radiat Res. 157, 235-42.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Bernhard WA
  (2001 May 01). Electron paramagnetic resonance evidence for a C3' sugar radical in crystalline d(CTCTCGAGAG) X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 155, 687-92.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Razskazovskiy Y
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2001 Mar 28). The yield of strand breaks resulting from direct-type effects in crystalline DNA X-irradiated at 4 K and room temperature. J Am Chem Soc. 123, 2917-8.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Strickler MD
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2000 Aug 01). On the efficiency of hole and electron transfer from the hydration layer to DNA: An EPR study of crystalline DNA X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 154, 163-70.
• 1. Razskazovskiy Y
  2. Debije MG
  3. Bernhard WA
  (2000 Apr 01). Direct radiation damage to crystalline DNA: what is the source of unaltered base release? Radiat Res. 153, 436-41.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1999 Dec 01). Free radical yields in crystalline DNA X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 152, 583-9.
• 1. Debije MG
  2. Milano MT
  3. Bernhard WA
  (1999 Sep 01). DNA Responds to Ionizing Radiation as an Insulator, Not as a "Molecular Wire" Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 38, 2752-2756.
• 1. Milano MT
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1999 Aug 01). The influence of packing on free radical yields in solid-state DNA: film compared to lyophilized frozen solution. Radiat Res. 152, 196-201.
• 1. Milano MT
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1999 Jan 01). The effect of packing and conformation on free radical yields in films of variably hydrated DNA. Radiat Res. 151, 39-49.
• 1. Milano MT
  2. Hu GG
  3. Williams LD
  4. Bernhard WA
  (1998 Jul 01). Migration of electrons and holes in crystalline d(CGATCG)-anthracycline complexes X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 150, 101-14.
• 1. Mroczka NE
  2. Mercer KR
  3. Bernhard WA
  (1997 May 01). The effects of lattice water on free radical yields in X-irradiated crystalline pyrimidines and purines: a low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance investigation. Radiat Res. 147, 560-8.
• 1. Mroczka NE
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1995 Dec 01). Electron paramagnetic resonance investigation of X-irradiated poly(U), poly(A) and poly(A):poly(U): influence of hydration, packing and conformation on radical yield at 4 K. Radiat Res. 144, 251-7.
• 1. Barnes JP
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1995 Jul 01). The distribution of electron trapping in DNA: one-electron-reduced oligodeoxynucleotides of adenine and thymine. Radiat Res. 143, 85-92.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  2. Barnes J
  3. Mercer KR
  4. Mroczka N
  (1994 Nov 01). The influence of packing on free radical yields in crystalline nucleic acids: the pyrimidine bases. Radiat Res. 140, 199-214.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  2. Mroczka N
  3. Barnes J
  (1994 Nov 01). Combination is the dominant free radical process initiated in DNA by ionizing radiation: an overview based on solid-state EPR studies. Int J Radiat Biol. 66, 491-7.
• 1. Mroczka N
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1993 Aug 01). Hydration effects on free radical yields in DNA X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 135, 155-9.
• 1. Spalletta RA
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1993 Feb 01). Influence of primary structure on initial free radical products trapped in A:T polydeoxynucleotides X-irradiated at 4 K. Radiat Res. 133, 143-50.
• 1. Spalletta RA
  2. Bernhard WA
  (1992 Apr 01). Free radical yields in A:T polydeoxynucleotides, oligodeoxynucleotides, and monodeoxynucleotides at 4 K. Radiat Res. 130, 7-14.
• 1. Barnes J
  2. Bernhard WA
  3. Mercer KR
  (1991 Apr 01). Distribution of electron trapping in DNA: protonation of one-electron reduced cytosine. Radiat Res. 126, 104-7.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  2. Patrzalek AZ
  (1989 Mar 01). ESR characteristics of one-electron reduced thymine in monomer, oligomer, and polymer derivatives. Radiat Res. 117, 379-94.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  (1989 Jan 01). Free radicals formed by electron gain in oligomers of DNA. Free Radic Res Commun. 6, 93-4.
• 1. Bernhard WA
  2. Huttermann J
  3. Close DM
  4. Mercer KR
  (1987 Oct 01). Free radicals trapped in methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside X-irradiated at 77 K: an ESR/ENDOR study. Radiat Res. 112, 54-61.