Camerman N, Camerman A
Science. 1968 Jun 28;160(3835):1451-2. doi: 10.1126/science.160.3835.1451.
Dimethylthymine was photodimerized with ultraviolet radiation, and the structure of one of the resulting dimers, the cis 5,5 : 6,6 isomer, was determined by single-crystal x-ray diffraction. This isomer is the same as that obtained by ultraviolet irradiation of DNA; hence the structure of the thymine dimer in irradiated DNA is now proved.
二甲基胸腺嘧啶经紫外线辐射发生光二聚化反应,通过单晶X射线衍射确定了其中一种生成的二聚体——顺式5,5 : 6,6异构体的结构。该异构体与DNA经紫外线照射后得到的异构体相同;因此,现已证实了受辐照DNA中胸腺嘧啶二聚体的结构。