Radiation-induced and photosensitized splitting of c5-c5′-linked dihydrothymine dimers. 2. conformational effects on the reductive splitting mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2886-2893

  Ito, Takeo ^a   Shinohara, Hideki ^a   Hatta, Hiroshi ^a   Fujita, Shin ichi ^b   Nishimoto, Sei ich ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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EID: 0013075453     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9939367     Document Type: Article

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