The site of electron capture in irradiated deoxyribonuleic acid: cytosine vs. thymine
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 15,p. 1003-1005
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39890001003
Abstract
Evidence from e.s.r. spectroscopy for the facile N-protonation of the radical anion of cytosine generated in an aqueous glass, even at 4 K, supports the conclusions that electrons are captured predominantly at thymine when DNA is exposed to ionising radiation.Keywords
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