Biopolymers and cell. 1997; 13 (6): 442 - 444

The damage of purine bases by oxygen radicals: energetic and structural aspects

D. M. Hovorun

The energetical (enthalpy) and structural (variation in stereo-chemical nonrigidity and tautomc-ric state) aspects of tlie heat induced damage of purine bases by oxygen radicals have been studied by the semiempirical Quantum-chemical AMI method.