title: [Tautomerism of purine and pyrimidyne bases].
abstract: In this paper, I am presenting the background and a short outline of the research on the neutral and ionic tautomeric forms of pyrimidines, purines and their derivatives, carried out in the late 1960s under the guidance of professor David Shugar, in the Biophysics Department of Warsaw University.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Psoda
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007536:Isomerism; D016296:Mutagenesis; D011044:Poland; D011687:Purines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D011687:Purines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D004247:DNA