METHYLENE-BLUE INTERCALATES WITH TRIPLER POLY(DT)ASTERISK-POLY(DA)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DT) BUT NOT DUPLEX POLY(DA)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DT)

Authors
TUITE E NORDEN B
Citation
E. Tuite et B. Norden, METHYLENE-BLUE INTERCALATES WITH TRIPLER POLY(DT)ASTERISK-POLY(DA)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DT) BUT NOT DUPLEX POLY(DA)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DT), Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1), 1995, pp. 53-54
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
53 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1995):1<53:MIWTP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Methylene blue intercalates with tripler poly(dTdA.dT) even though it binds to the precursor duplex poly(dA.dT) in the major groove; the sw itch may be related to conformational modifications of the polynucleot ide structure upon binding of the third strand.