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. 1967 Jul;7(4):365–373. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(67)86594-9

Comparative Phosphorescence Quenching of DNA's of Different Composition

I Isenberg, R Rosenbluth, S L Baird Jr
PMCID: PMC1368066  PMID: 4292790

Abstract

Small amounts of paramagnetic cations quench the phosphorescence of DNA. Although the emission intensity is monotonic with increasing thymine content, the quenching efficiency is not. The cations quench from phosphate sites.

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