Features of Distamycin Preferential Binding Sites on Natural DNA Predicted Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1261-1264

  Ueta, Hiroyuki ^a   Maeda, Yoshimi ^a   Kawai, Yoshio ^b  

^a IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Distamycin; DNA ligand interaction; Stepwise melting of DNA

Indexed keywords

DISTAMYCIN A; DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; DISTAMYCINS; DNA;

EID: 0035347958     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1261     Document Type: Article

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