Ultrafast internal conversion of electronically excited RNA and DNA nucleosides in water [27]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 38, 2000, Pages 9348-9349

  Pecourt, Jean Marc L ^a   Peon, Jorge ^a   Kohler, Bern ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; GUANOSINE; NUCLEOSIDE; THYMIDINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LETTER; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034721472     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0021520     Document Type: Letter

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