Intracellular potassium: 40K as a primordial gene irradiator.
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 79 (11) , 3556-3559
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.79.11.3556
Abstract
The low energy electrons (Auger and Coster-Kronig) emitted after the electron capture decay of 40K may have highly localized radiochemical effects on the genetic material-effects dependent upon the intracellular locus of K. These effects are such that the likelihood of mutagenesis by their impact on DNA is substantial. Intracellular 40K has played a significant role as a mutagenic agent in evolution.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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