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Hybrid Nanostructures (HNS)
Selective Excision of C5 from Gas Phase D-Ribose
Selective Excision of C5 from Gas Phase D-Ribose by Low Energy (0 - 1 eV) Electrons: Implications for the Mechanism of DNA Damage
2006
I. Bald, J. Kopyra, E. Illenberger
Attachment of low‐energy electrons to D‐ribose triggers a series of complex decomposition reactions associated with the loss of neutral water molecules as well as the excision of C‐containing units leading to the degradation of the cyclic structure of the sugar. This excision of C‐containing neutral fragments involves C5 exclusively. The sugar unit is thought to play a key role in the mechanism of DNA damage by low‐energy electrons.
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