Strand Breaks in X-Irradiated Crystalline DNA: Alternating CG Oligomers
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Article
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9-1-2003
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Direct ionization of crystalline d(CGCGCGCG) and d(CGCGCGCGCG) oligomers produces 3′- and 5′-phosphate-terminated fragments as the main strand breakage products detectable by ion-exchange chromatography. The nature of the base has no effect on the probability of strand breakage at the given site. The yields of 3′-phosphates are systematically lower than the yields of the 5′-phosphates originating from the same cleavage site, pointing to the possible presence of unidentified products with sugar remnants attached to the 3′-end. These results show that direct ionization is efficient at producing single-strand breaks in DNA and its action is relatively indiscriminate with respect to base sequence.
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Razskazovskiy, Yuriy; Debije, Michael G.; Howerton, Shelley B.; Williams, Loren D.; and Bernhard, William A.. 2003. Strand Breaks in X-Irradiated Crystalline DNA: Alternating CG Oligomers. Radiation Research. Vol.160(3). 334-339. https://doi.org/10.1667/RR3051 PMID: 12926992 ISSN: 0033-7587
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