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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: DNA Repair (Amst). 2020 Dec 24;98:103029. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103029

Scheme 13.

Scheme 13.

The endogenous signaling agent nitric oxide (NO) can decompose inside cells to yield nitrosating agents that generate nucleobase diazonium ions that, in turn, produce ICLs in duplex DNA.