UV-induced DNA self-repair mechanism traced with quantum chemistry

Reiter Sebastian; Keefer Daniel; Besel Vitus; de Vivie-Riedle Regina

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201920509024

EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2019)

UV-induced DNA self-repair mechanism traced with quantum chemistry

Reiter Sebastian,
Keefer Daniel,
Besel Vitus,
de Vivie-Riedle Regina

Affiliations

Reiter Sebastian: Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Keefer Daniel: Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Besel Vitus: Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
de Vivie-Riedle Regina: Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920509024
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 205
p. 09024

Abstract

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Recently, UV radiation was found to promote the self-repair of a damaged DNA nucleobase sequence. The proposed mechanism after photoexcitation of an adjacent guanine adenine sequence is now validated by our quantum chemical calculations.

Published in EPJ Web of Conferences

ISSN: 2100-014X (Online)
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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