Thymine lesions, ring-saturated

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Miaskiesvicz K, Miller J, Omstein R, Osman If. Molecular dynamics simulations of the effects of ring-saturated thymine lesions on DNA stmcture. Biopolymers. 1995 35 113-124. 

Ring-saturated thymine lesions can exist in several stereoisomeric forms which may be energetically distinct depending on their environment. The stereochemistry of thymine glycol (Tg) and thymine hydrate are particularly complex because they have two asymmetric carbon centers. Each asymmetic carbon gives rise to two enantiomers... 

Comparison of Ring-Saturated and Thymine-Dimer Lesions... 

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