DNA excited-state dynamics: From single bases to the double helix

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-239

  Middleton, Chris T ^a,b   De La Harpe, Kimberly ^a   Su, Charlene ^a   Law, Yu Kay ^a   Crespo Hernández, Carlos E ^a,c   Kohler, Bern ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer excited states; Conical intersection; Dna photostability; Nonradiative decay; Thymine dimer; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DNA; ELECTRONIC STATES; GROUND STATE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

CHARGE-TRANSFER EXCITED STATE; CONICAL INTERSECTION; DNA PHOTOSTABILITY; DOUBLE HELIX; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; EXCITED-STATES; NONRADIATIVE DECAYS; PHOTO-STABILITY; THYMINE DIMERS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

EXCITED STATES;

DNA; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TIME; VIBRATION;

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PYRIMIDINES; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 64549150256     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.59.032607.093719     Document Type: Review

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