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Most photochemical studies on biological macromolecules have been performed on purified samples of macromolecules. Under these conditions only a relatively small number of photochemical reactions are possible. These include reactions that lead to the production of chain breaks in the polymer, unimolecular alterations in the monomer subunits, and bimolecular reactions involving the subunits.
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K.C. Smith (ed.), Aging Carcinogenesis and Radiation Biology: The Role of Nucleic Acid Addition Reactions, Plenum Press, N.Y. (1976).
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Smith, K.C. (1977). Photoreactions in Biological Macromolecular Complexes. In: Castellani, A. (eds) Research in Photobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4160-4_5
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