Model Studies of DNA Photorepair: Enthalpy of Cleavage of a Pyrimidine Dimer Measured by Photothermal Beam Deflection Calorimetry

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 764-768

  Scannell, Michael P ^a   Yeh, Syun Ru ^a   Falvey, Daniel E ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPAIR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DNA REPAIR; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030294543     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb01832.x     Document Type: Article

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