The light scattering measurements and the viscosimetric “i-assay” performed on native DNA solutions before and after irradiation at 3655 Å in the presence of furocoumarins show that the C4-cycloadditions of furocoumarins to the 5,6-double bond of the pyrimidine bases of DNA, which take place in the photoreactions, produce neither breakages of the polynucleotide chains nor relevant modifications of the macromolecule conformation.
Received: 1968-1-8
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1968-7-1
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