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“Renaturation” des solutions cuivriques de DNA. I. Analyse phenomenologique
Author(s) -
Richard H.,
Pacault A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.360101121
Subject(s) - chemistry , dna , copper , kinetics , ion , transformation (genetics) , phenomenological model , mechanism (biology) , kinetic energy , thermodynamics , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , gene
Abstract A study of the kinetics of renaturation of cupric DNA solutions has been carried out by two physical properties methods. The use of a purely phenomenological analysis leads nevertheless to interesting conclusions concerning the transformation mechanism. We have found that: in the presence of Cu ++ ions, different. DNA samples exhibit an equivalent kinetic behavior; the system can be decomposed into two parts: DNA and copper ions, and the rate of formation of DNA should be faster than that of copper ions; the mechanism of transformation may be bimolecular, but further investigation is necessary to confirm this.