Table 2.

Parameters of spin–spin distance distributions obtained by orientation averaging DEER experiments and Tikhonov regularization (mean, maximum and width at half height) for undamaged [4;19] duplex and selected lesions

DNA duplex	r[4;19]Mean	r[4;19]Max	w
Undamaged duplex	5.22 ± 0.04	5.21 ± 0.04	0.33 ± 0.02
8-OxoG (7′)	5.26 ± 0.04	5.23 ± 0.04	0.35 ± 0.03
8-OxoG (14′)	5.25 ± 0.04	5.22 ± 0.04	0.33 ± 0.03
Abasic site (THF)	4.95 ± 0.05	4.97 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.03
Ethyl	5.04 ± 0.05	5.02 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.05
Propyl	4.89 ± 0.05	5.02 ± 0.03	0.44 ± 0.05

Error values were obtained with a procedure described in the text (‘Results’ section).