Pitkevich V A, Duba V V, Miasnik M N, Petrova I V, Skvortsov V G
Radiobiologiia. 1983 May-Jun;23(3):307-11.
The assumption that the formation of pyrimidine dimers in E. coli cells, placed in a transient aqueous medium exposed to gamma-quanta, is conditioned by Cerenkov radiation laid the basis for the development of a biophysical model to explain the photoreactivation effect observed. The dependence of the effect upon gamma-radiation energy and the volume of the exposed suspension is predicted and compared with experimental data.