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Interaction of the electromagnetic field with helical biological structures is studied theoretically by the example of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). A model that describes the mechanism of radiation of electromagnetic waves by an arbitrary section of the right-handed double helix of DNA is proposed. The model is based on the classical theory of dipole radiation. It is shown that the electromagnetic wave radiated by DNA under the conditions of the main resonance is circularly left-hand polarized. It is shown that this property of polarization selectivity of X-rays with the wavelength λ ∼ 7−8 nm that irradiate DNA holds true for any sequence of nitrogenous bases.
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Original Russian Text © I.V. Semchenko, S.A. Khakhomov, A.P. Balmakov, 2007, published in Radiotekhnika i Elektronika, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 9, pp. 1078–1083.
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Semchenko, I.V., Khakhomov, S.A. & Balmakov, A.P. Polarization selectivity of electromagnetic radiation of deoxyribonucleic acid. J. Commun. Technol. Electron. 52, 996–1001 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064226907090070
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