Heterogeneous DNA binding modes of berenil

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1519, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-184

  Barceló, Francisca ^a   Ortiz Lombardía, Miguel ^b   Portugal, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Berenil; Calorimetry; Circular dichroism; DNA drug interaction; Intercalation

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DNA; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA BINDING; DNA DRUG COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG BINDING SITE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SALMON; TESTIS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMINAZENE; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035963525     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(01)00233-0     Document Type: Article

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