Formation of supramolecular structures between DNA and starburst dendrimers studied by EPR, CD, UV, and melting profiles

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 7842-7851

  Ottaviani, M Francesca ^a   Furini, Farida ^b   Casini, Angela ^b   Turro, Nicholas J ^c   Jockusch, Steffen ^c   Tomalia, Donald A ^d   Messori, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; POLYAMIDES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMAL DENATURATION;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034297665     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000877i     Document Type: Article

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