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Tritium/Protium Fractionation Near and Inside DNA

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The fractionation factor of tritium between water and DNA as well as between water and the first hydration shell of DNA is determined. For this purpose the sublimation kinetics of water from DNA dissolved in water were determined at -200 °C and tritium was measured in the remaining water free DNA. The last sublimating water fractions showed a tritium level of about 1.4, the residual water free DNA about 1.9 units above the bulk water. The tritium accumulation inside and near DNA is attributed to the thermodynamic triton-proton exchange isotope effect existing between the strong hydrogen bridges of water and weaker hydrogen bridges as well as inside DNA as between the first hydration shell and DNA.

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Baumgartner, F., Kim, M.A. Tritium/Protium Fractionation Near and Inside DNA. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 243, 295–298 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016072518818

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