Biopolym. Cell. 1997; 13(6):442-444.
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
The damage of purine bases by oxygen radicals: energetic and structural aspects
1Hovorun D. M.
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680
Abstract
The energetical (enthalpy) and structural (variation in stereo-chemical nonrigidity and tautomeric state) aspects of the heat induced damage of purine bases by oxygen radicals have been studied by the semiempirical Quantum-chemical AMI method.
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