DIELECTRIC STUDIES OF INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN NATIVE DNA

Authors
BONE S LEE RS HODGSON CE
Citation
S. Bone et al., DIELECTRIC STUDIES OF INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN NATIVE DNA, Biochimica et biophysica acta, N. Gene structure and expression, 1306(1), 1996, pp. 93-97
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biophysics,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biochimica et biophysica acta, N. Gene structure and expression → ACNP
ISSN journal
01674781
Volume
1306
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
93 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-4781(1996)1306:1<93:DSOIII>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The concentration dependence of the high frequency dielectric dispersi on exhibited by solutions of DNA and the sensitivity of this to the io nic strength of the solution are described. Dielectric data obtained a re consistent with a model involving the fluctuation of counterions al ong short segments of the DNA chain. The concentration and ion strengt h dependencies are discussed in terms of intermolecular interactions w hich are considered responsible for the existence of structure in DNA solutions.