DNA binding properties of DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) analogs having an imidazoline ring or a tetrahydropyrimidine ring: Groove-binding and intercalation
Author(s) -
Yukio Kubota,
Kenji Kubota,
Seiji Tani
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/44.1.53
Subject(s) - dapi , intercalation (chemistry) , dna , ring (chemistry) , circular dichroism , chemistry , fluorescence , stereochemistry , crystallography , biochemistry , organic chemistry , apoptosis , physics , quantum mechanics
DAPI analogs containing an imidazoline ring or a tetrahydropyrimidine ring have been synthesized to study DNA binding properties. Spectroscopic (absorption, CD, flow dichroism and fluorescence) and viscosity measurements indicate that DAPI analogs interact with DNA both by intercalation and by groove binding. The solution structures of complexes between DAPI analog and DNA oligomers have been characterized by proton NMR spectroscopy.
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