Hydrophobic vs coulombic interactions in the binding of steroidal polyamines to DNA

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Muller, James G ^a   Ng, Mabel M P ^a   Burrows, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coulombic interactions; DNA; DNA binding; guanidinium ion; hydrophobic effects; polyamines; steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030111003     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1352(199603)9:2<143::aid-jmr258>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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