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SUBMITTER: Tashiro R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Tashiro Ryu R Sugiyama Hiroshi H
Photochemistry and photobiology 20211005 3
5-Halouracil, which is a DNA base analog in which the methyl group at the C5 position of thymine is replaced with a halogen atom, has been used in studies of DNA damage. In DNA strands, the uracil radical generated from 5-halouracil causes DNA damage via a hydrogen-abstraction reaction. We analyzed the photoreaction of 5-halouracil in various DNA structures and revealed that the reaction is DNA structure-dependent. In this review, we summarize the results of the analysis of the reactivity of 5-h ...[more]