We report the photoinduced repair of a thymine dimer incorporated in a DNA duplex via oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) containing carbazole nucleoside (K). The occurrence of an electron transfer between K and thymine dimer is evidenced by fluorescence quenching measurements. K acts as a good electron donor for the photoinduced repair of a thymine dimer.
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