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Pyrimidine Dimers

Known as: Cyclobutane-Pyrimidine Dimers, Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers, Dimers, Cyclobutane-Pyrimidine 
Dimers found in DNA chains damaged by ULTRAVIOLET RAYS. They consist of two adjacent PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES, usually THYMINE nucleotides, in which… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cytosine-Thymine Dimerscyclobutyldithymidine dimerspyrimidine-pyrimidone dimerquasimetacyclophane
DNA DamageDNA RepairIn BloodProcess of secretion

Broader (2)

OligonucleotidesPyrimidine Nucleotides

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A pulsed gradient spin echo NMR study of guest encapsulation by hydrogen-bonded tetraurea calix(4)arene dimers
Diffusion coefficients, as obtained by the PGSE NMR technique, were used to probe encapsulation of guests in self-assembled… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Evidence of calcium(2+)-dependent carbohydrate association through ion spray mass spectrometry
The interactions of the cell-surface carbohydrate, Le x (Gal-β-1→4-(Fuc-α-1→3)-GlcNAc) and the Le x -containing glycosphingolipid… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The role of pyrimidine dimers as premutagenic lesions: a study of targeted vs. untargeted mutagenesis in the lacI gene of Escherichia coli.
We have employed conjugal transfer of an F' lac episome to examine targeted and untargeted mutagenesis in the lacI gene of… 
1983
1983
Structural requirements of olefinic 5-substituted deoxyuridines for antiherpes activity.
A number of structurally related 5-substituted pyrimidine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides were synthesized and tested for antiviral… 
1982
1982
Recombinational bypass of pyrimidine dimers promoted by the recA protein of Escherichia coli.
recA protein, in the presence of single-stranded DNA binding protein and ATP, promotes the complete exchange of strands between… 
1978
1978
Aspirin - Effective in Males Threatened with Stroke
A CLINICAL TRIAL on 2 drugs which inhibit platelet function has been concluded after 5'/2 years of cooperative effort. The… 
1973
1973
Repair of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers in Drosophila melanogaster cells in vitro.
Tissue culture cells of Drosophila melanogaster were given various doses of ultraviolet light. The results indicate that… 
1972
1972
Inhibition of a discrete bacterial DNA polymerase by 6-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil and 6-(p-hydroxyphenylazo-)-isocytosine.
6-(p-HYDROXYPHENYLAZO)-URACIL (HPUra) specifically inhibits the semi-conservative replication of DNA in Gram-positive bacteria1–3… 
1969
1969
Potentiation of the teratogenic effects of 5-fluorouracil by natural pyrimidines. II. Biochemical aspects.
The uracil analogue 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) administered alone on day 9 of rat gestation was nonteratogenic at a dose of 10 mg/kg… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Clinical effects of the dichloro and monochlorophenyl analogues of diamino pyrimidine: antagonists of folic acid.