8,5′-Cyclopurine-2′-deoxynucleosides in DNA: Mechanisms of formation, measurement, repair and biological effects

DNA Repair

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1413-1425

  Jaruga, Pawel ^a   Dizdaroglu, Miral ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

8,5 Cyclopurine 2 deoxynucleosides; Breast cancer; Helix distorting lesion; Hydroxyl radical; Intramolecular cyclization; Mass spectrometry; Nucleotide excision repair; Oxidative DNA damage; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

5',8 CYCLODEOXYGUANOSINE; 8,5' CYCLO 2' DEOXYADENOSINE; DEOXYADENOSINE; DEOXYADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA POLYMERASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; 8,5'-CYCLO-2'-DEOXYADENOSINE; 8,5'-CYCLO-2'-DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CELL REGENERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; COVALENT BOND; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; EXCISION REPAIR; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DEOXYADENOSINES; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; DNA REPAIR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 48149099902     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.06.005     Document Type: Review

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