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Science 26 November 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3700, pp. 1179 - 1181
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3700.1179
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Quenching of DNA Phosphorescence

I. Isenberg 1, S. L. Baird Jr. 1, and R. Rosenbluth 1

1 Institute for Muscle Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Paramagnetic cations quench the phosphorescence of DNA at concentrations well below one ion per DNA phosphate. The order of quenching efficiency is copper, nickel, cobalt, and manganese.

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