Thymine dimerization in DNA is an ultrafast photoreaction

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5812, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Schreier, Wolfgang J ^a   Schrader, Tobias E ^a   Koller, Florian O ^a   Gilch, Peter ^a   Crespo Hernández, Carlos E ^b   Swaminathan, Vijay N ^a   Carell, Thomas ^a   Zinth, Wolfgang ^a   Kohler, Bern ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; THYMINE;

DNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CYCLOADDITION; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PHOTONS; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33846827203     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135428     Document Type: Article

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