Drastic promotion of guanine oxidation via electron transfer in Ψ-type DNA.
Shunsuke SakuraiMayu EsumiMakiko TanakaPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)
We investigated the effects of a crowded environment on guanine oxidation in pyrene-modified oligonucleotides by photoinduced electron transfer. We observed drastic promotion of guanine oxidation in Ψ (psi; polymer- and salt-induced)-type DNA.