
Remarkably effective photocleavage of plasmid DNA with pheophorbide a, as a visible light sensitizer, has been found for the first time. DNA is photocleaved even in the absence of oxygen. The novel oxygen-independent scission is ascribed to specific photodynamic function of the ring V in pheophorbide a.
Chlorophyll, Oxygen, Radiation-Sensitizing Agents, Molecular Structure, Photochemistry, DNA, Plasmids
Chlorophyll, Oxygen, Radiation-Sensitizing Agents, Molecular Structure, Photochemistry, DNA, Plasmids
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