Anthraquinone Photonucleases: A Surprising Role for Chloride in the Sequence-Neutral Cleavage of DNA and the Footprinting of Minor Groove-Bound Ligands

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-170

  Armitage, Bruce ^a   Schuster, Gary B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; CONGOCIDINE; DIMINAZENE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INTERCALATING AGENT; LIGAND; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ANTHRAQUINONES; CHLORIDES; DIMINAZENE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INTERCALATING AGENTS; LIGANDS; NETROPSIN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0031196041     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08638.x     Document Type: Article

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