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The Excited‐State Lifetimes in a G⋅C DNA Duplex are Nearly Independent of Helix Conformation and Base‐Pairing Motif

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: DNA photophysics: Femtosecond transient absorption experiments reveal that excited states produced by UV light in a duplex DNA oligonucleotide decay at essentially the same rate in B and Z helix conformers (see figure).

Source: ChemPhysChem

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900004

Authors: Kimberly de La Harpe, Carlos E. Crespo‐Hernández, Bern Kohler

Institutions: The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University

Language: English

Topic: DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Ohio State University, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: Ultrafast Photodynamics of Nucleic Acids

OpenAlex ID: W1998963811

FWCI: 1.073

Cites: 42

Cited by: 24

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