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. 1977 Jul;4(7):2487–2494. doi: 10.1093/nar/4.7.2487

Photoproducts from DNA pyrimidine bases and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

G Michael Blackburn 1, R G Fenwick 1, G Lockwood 1, G M Williams 1
PMCID: PMC342581  PMID: 909781

Abstract

The major photoproduct formed between benzo[a]pyrene and thymine is identified as 1-(benzo[a]pyren-6-yl)-thymine by means of spectroscopic analysis and isotopic syntheses. Irradiation of 1-methylcytosine hydrochloride and anthracene gives two isolable photoproducts of which one is assigned the structure 5-(anthracen-9-yl)-1-methylcytosine.

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