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  • noun uncountable, organic chemistry A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
  • noun countable, organic chemistry Any derivative of this compound.

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  • A much studied model reaction in organic chemistry is the ring opening of cyclobutane to yield ethylene or the reverse, the combining of two ethylene molecules to form cyclobutane.

    Press Release: The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999

  • How does the reaction from the cyclobutane molecule to two ethylene molecules actually proceed?

    Press Release: The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999

  • You said "open chain structures" so I'm not considering ring structures like cyclobutane (C4H8).

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  • CHS, contact hypersensitivity; CPD, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer;

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  • Multiple mechanisms have evolved to repair damaged DNA, including the versatile nucleotide excision repair (NER) which is capable of removing a variety of bulky helix-distorting lesions, such as UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and 6-4 photoproducts

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  • Li S, Waters R (1996) Nucleotide level detection of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers using oligonucleotides and magnetic beads to facilitate labelling of DNA fragments incised at the dimers and chemical sequencing reference ladders.

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  • (A) DNA sequencing gels showing repair of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in the transcribed strand of the

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  • Because of the involvement of Polη in promoting error-free replication through cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, its inactivation in humans causes the variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disorder characterized by a greatly enhanced predisposition to sun induced skin cancers

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