Decomposition of thymidine by low-energy electrons: Implications for the molecular mechanisms of single-strand breaks in DNA

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1893-1896

  Ptasińska, Sylwia ^b   Denifl, Stephan ^b   Gohlke, Sascha ^a   Scheier, Paul ^b   Illenberger, Eugen ^a   Märk, Tilmann D ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anions; DNA damage; Electron attachment; Gas phase reactions; Nucleotides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; NUCLEOTIDES;

ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; NEGATIVE IONS;

DNA;

THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMIDINE;

EID: 33745825802     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503930     Document Type: Article

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