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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2008;3(8):1287–1298. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2008.119

Table 9.

Expected background levels

Damage product Background level (per 10X nucleotides)
2′-Deoxyxanthosine 1-10 per 106
2′-Deoxyinosine 1-10 per 106
2′-Deoxyoxanosine <1 per 107 1
8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine 1-10 per 107
1,N2-Etheno-2′deoxyguanosine 1-5 per 108
1,N6-Etheno-2′-deoxyadenosine 5-15 per 108
3,N4-Etheno-2′-deoxycytidine 5-10 per 108
1

2-Deoxyoxanosine has not been detected in double-stranded DNA at the LOD of 1 per 107 nt.