UV Light-induced Duplex-to-duplex Crosslinking of DNA Molecules in Aqueous Ethanol Solutions

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-390

  Pospíšilová, Šárka ^a   Kypr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DIVALENT CATION; FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; MONOVALENT CATION; VIRUS DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; ETHANOL; FORMAMIDES; METHANOL; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0032042002     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(1998)067<0386:ulidtd>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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