title: Long-distance charge transport in DNA: the hopping mechanism.
abstract: Long-distance charge transport from a guanine radical cation (G(+*)) to a G-rich sequence is of biological importance. This reaction was studied by selective charge injection into a G, monitoring the charge transport to a GGG sequence by competing H(2)O-trapping. The efficiency of the charge transport diminished dramatically with increasing number of A:T base pairs between G(+*) and GGG. But in DNA strands where G's are located between the G(+*) and GGG sequence, long-distance charge transport occurred by a multistep hopping mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giese
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D004247:DNA