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THYMINE or uracil in frozen aqueous solutions are readily converted into their dimers by ultra-violet irradiation1–3. Using ion exchange chromatography on ‘Dowex 1’, the dimers of both pyrimidines-2-14C were prepared in chromatographic homogeneous forms. Kecently, it was established by us that thymine dimer is easily split into thymine monomer by irradiation with high-energy electrons4.
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SCHMIDT, B., HARTMANN, D., GROSSGEBAUER, K. et al. Splitting of Uracil Dimer by High-energy Electrons. Nature 199, 504 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199504a0
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