Differences between 4'-RNA and 4'-DNA radicals during anaerobic and aerobic strand cleavage

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 135-137

  Strittmatter, Harald ^a   Dussy, Adrian ^a   Schwitter, Urs ^a   Giese, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA cleavage; Nucleotides; Radical ions; RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA STRAND; HYDROLYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION;

EID: 0033555210     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990115)38:1/2<135::AID-ANIE135>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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