Adjacent guanines as preferred sites for strand breaks in plasmid DNA irradiated with 193 nm and 248 nm UV laser light

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Sies, Helmut ^a   Schulz, Wolfgang A ^a   Steenken, Steen ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; DNA damage; Laser photolysis; Strand breaks; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029918840     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07192-X     Document Type: Article

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