A new biophysics approach using photoacoustic spectroscopy to study the DNA-ethidium bromide interaction

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-240

  Bugs, Milton Roque ^a   Cornélio, Marinônio Lopes ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Binding modes; Dissociation constant; DNA; Ethidium bromide; Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOPHYSICS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; CATTLE; DNA; ETHIDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INTERCALATING AGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036618994     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0205-7     Document Type: Article

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