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Cover Feature: Photochemical Formation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in DNA through Electron Transfer from a Flanking Base (ChemPhysChem 13/2018)
Author(s) -
Lee Wook,
Matsika Spiridoula
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201800561
Subject(s) - pyrimidine dimer , cyclobutane , intersystem crossing , photochemistry , chemistry , electron transfer , dimer , dna , quenching (fluorescence) , pyrimidine , fluorescence , dna damage , excited state , stereochemistry , ring (chemistry) , singlet state , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
The Cover Feature illustrates a new photo‐induced triplet pathway for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) formation in DNA. Similar to quenching or repair pathways of CPD, this pathway is initiated by an electron transfer from a flanking base, but after undergoing exciplex formation and intersystem crossing, it finally leads to CPD formation. More information can be found in the Communication by W. Lee and S. Matsika on page 1568 in Issue 13, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800151).