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Photochemistry of Thymine

Nature volume 197, page 484 (1963)Cite this article

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IN spite of intensive work, much concerning the primary physical and chemical processes in the effects of radiation in DNA and its constituents remains obscure. Stimulated by the reported ultra-violet dimerization of thymine1 and the peroxidation induced by ionizing radiations2, we have re-investigated the photochemistry of thymine.

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    MALCOLM DANIELS & ALEC GRIMISON

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DANIELS, M., GRIMISON, A. Photochemistry of Thymine. Nature 197, 484 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197484a0

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