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. 1998 Sep 1;26(17):3940–3943. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.17.3940

Detection of thymine [2+2] photodimer repair in DNA: selective reaction of KMnO4.

D Ramaiah 1, T Koch 1, H Orum 1, G B Schuster 1
PMCID: PMC147792  PMID: 9705501

Abstract

The specific reaction of potassium permanganate with thymine in single-stranded DNA was employed to analyze thymine [2+2] dimer repair in DNA and in DNA/peptide nucleic acid hybrid duplexes. This simple and highly sensitive chemical assay is convenient for monitoring repair of thymine dimers in oligonucleotides.

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