Enhancement of the photolysis of nucleic acid monomers by phosphates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 656-659

  Wang, Kong Jiang ^a,b   Pan, Xian Ming ^a   Wu, Ji Ian ^a   Wang, Wen Qing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0030987891     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01907.x     Document Type: Article

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