Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 203-212 , March 2002

Is molecular oxygen, O2, the reactive radical behind oxidations of (aut)oxidable agents to which the bases of DNA belong?

Received 11 December 2000 ,Accepted 5 February 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1379

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 203-212 , March 2002

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