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ON THE MECHANISM OF ULTRAVIOLET-INDUCED MUTATIONS

Journal Article · · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (Netherlands)
Calculations based on the Huckel molecular-orbital method were made of excited states induced by ultraviolet radiation for the purine and pyrimidine bases of DNA. Data are presented for uracil, thymine, guanine, cytosine, and adenine. It is postulated that the ease of tautomeric transformations of these compounds in their excited states may account in part for the enhancing effect of ultraviolet radiation on the rate of mutagenesis. (C.H.)
Research Organization:
Universite, Paris
NSA Number:
NSA-17-040575
OSTI ID:
4635808
Journal Information:
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (Netherlands), Journal Name: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (Netherlands) Vol. Vol: 75; ISSN BBACA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English