Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
UMR12 CEA-CNRS, Bât. 563 CEA Saclay
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
+33-169085241 llb-sec@cea.fr
Despite the high UV resistance of the DNA bases in solution, such light may still trigger photochemical reactions leading to carcinogenic mutations when it is absorbed by the double helix. Although the end products of these reactions are well characterized, the fundamental processes leading to their formation are not yet understood. Our recent work shows that;