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01-10-2007, 10:07 AM
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070109142101.htm

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New Study Sheds Light On 'Dark States' In DNA

Science Daily ? Chemists at Ohio State University have probed an unusual
high-energy state produced in single nucleotides -- the building blocks of DNA
and RNA -- when they absorb ultraviolet (UV) light.

This is the first time scientists have been able to probe the "dark" energy
state -- so called because it cannot be detected by fluorescence techniques used
to study other high-energy states created in DNA by UV light.

The study suggests that DNA employs a variety of means to dissipate the energy
it absorbs when bombarded by UV light.


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