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SEVERAL crystalline complexes of aromatic hydrocarbons and related compounds with 1,3,7,9-tetramethyluric acid (TMU) have been prepared1,2. These and similar complexes are of interest because of the possibility that in vivo complex formation between carcinogens and nucleic acids or their precursors may play a part in chemical carcinogenesis. This possibility has been explored also in investigations of the binding of aromatic hydrocarbons to nucleic acids3,4.
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VAN DUUREN, B. Complex Formation and Carcinogenicity of Aromatic Compounds. Nature 210, 622–623 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210622a0
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