The Lesions Produced by Ultraviolet Light in DNA Containing 5-Bromouracil
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
- Vol. 6 (2) , 201-246
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033583500001141
Abstract
The compound 5-bromouracil (BrU) may be incorporated into DNA in place of its analog thymine. This review is concerned with the photochemical lesions produced by the action of ultraviolet light on such BrU-DNA, and consequent biological effects of such lesions.Keywords
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