Photochemistry And Photobiology Of Nucleic Acids

Download or read book Photochemistry and Photobiology of Nucleic Acids written by Shih Yi Wang and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photochemistry and Photobiology of Nucleic Acids, Volume I: Chemistry covers the historical developments in the study of photobiology and photochemistry of nucleic acid components. This volume is divided into 12 chapters that deal with the isolation and characterization of ultraviolet photoproducts of pyrimidines. After briefly covering the concepts of photochemistry of nucleic acids, this volume goes on describing the UV-induced physical and chemical alterations in nucleic acid components, such as pyrimidines, purines, their nucleosides and nucleotides, and related compounds. Significant chap ...