Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Inactivation of Ribonuclease in Dilute Aqueous Solutions: Inactivation by Hydroxyl Radicals

Nature volume 165, pages 267–269 (1950)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. For a discussion of the action of nuclear radiations on water, see Dainton, F. S., Ann. Rep. Chem. Soc., 45, 5 (1948).

    Google Scholar 

  2. For bibliography, see ref. 1.

  3. Rabinowitch and Stockmayer, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 335 (1942).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Uber and Ells, J. Biol. Chem., 141, 229 (1941).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Cf. Dale, Meredith and Tweedie, Nature, 151, 281 (1943).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Physical Chemistry,

    E. COLLINSON & F. S. DAINTON

  2. Department of Radiotherapeutics, University, Cambridge

    B. HOLMES

Authors
  1. E. COLLINSON
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. S. DAINTON
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. B. HOLMES
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

COLLINSON, E., DAINTON, F. & HOLMES, B. Inactivation of Ribonuclease in Dilute Aqueous Solutions: Inactivation by Hydroxyl Radicals. Nature 165, 267–269 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165267a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/165267a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing