Table 3 Characteristics of the DNA constituents taken into account during the simulation of the chemical stages17.

From: Simulation of early DNA damage after the irradiation of a fibroblast cell nucleus using Geant4-DNA

DNA molecule

Radius (nm)

2-deoxyribose

0.29

Phosphate

0.27

Adenine

0.3

Thymine

0.3

Guanine

0.3

Cytosine

0.3