The sites of DNA modification by the anti-diol epoxide of benzo[ a ]pyrene were investigated with the use of a DNA substrate of defined sequence. The modified DNA was labile to strand scission at alkaline and neutral p H at guanine, adenine, and cytosine positions.
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