Long-range charge transfer in DNA: Transient structural distortions control the distance dependence

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-260

  Schuster, Gary B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CATION; DNA; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTHRAQUINONES; DNA; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0034058321     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980059z     Document Type: Article

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