title: Recent aspects of the photochemistry of nucleic acids and related model compounds.
abstract: This survey focuses on recent developments in the far ultraviolet photochemistry of nucleic acids and related model compounds. The photoproducts discussed are the cyclobutidipyrimidines, the pyrimidine-pyrimidone adducts, the purine-pyrimidine adducts and the addition products of amino acids to pyrimidine bases. The specific aspects of the high-intensity laser photochemistry of nucleic acid components are also briefly reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids; D001483:Base Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / Q000378:metabolism; D007834:Lasers; D008239:Lysine; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010777:Photochemistry; D010782:Photolysis; D011687:Purines; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000032:analysis; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013941:Thymine; D014364:Tryptophan; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011687:Purines; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D014364:Tryptophan; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase; D008239:Lysine; C030986:pyrimidine; D013941:Thymine; C030985:purine