The acidity of uracil and uracil analogs in the gas phase: Four surprisingly acidic sites and biological implications

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 985-995

  Kurinovich, Mary Ann ^a   Lee, Jeehiun K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; WATER;

GAS PHASE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLURACIL; 1,3 DIMETHYLURACIL; 3 METHYLURACIL; 5,6 DIMETHYLURACIL; 6 METHYLURACIL; ACID; ACROLEIN; ENZYME; PYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; URACIL DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE; WATER; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTON; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEVICE; EXPERIMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDS; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; URACIL; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 0036674440     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0305(02)00410-5     Document Type: Article

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