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Dewar valence isomers, the third type of environmentally relevant DNA photoproducts induced by solar radiation

1 janv. 2016Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

DOI : 10.1039/c5pp00382b

Auteurs

T. Douki, E. Sage

Résumé

Dewar valence isomers are mutagenic DNA lesions produced by photoisomerisation of (6-4) photoproducts. Their efficient formation upon exposure to a combination of UVB and UVA makes them biologically and environmentally relevant DNA damage.