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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The interaction between the B-form specific ligands netropsin (Nt) and distamycin-3 (Dst-3) and DNA duplexes has been studied under conditions of salt concentration and low water activity that modify the polymer conformation into a non-B DNA form, putatively a Z-like form. Three polymers with strict alternating purine-pyrimidine sequences and GC content from 100-0% have been tested: poly(dG-dC) . poly(dG-dC), poly(dA-dC) . poly(dG-dT) and poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT). The titrations by Nt and Dst-3 were followed by circular dichroism. Although specific binding of Nt to the Z-form of poly(dG-dC) . poly(dG-dC) does not occur, Nt reverses this Z structure to the B-type conformation; Dst-3 is, however, totally inefficient. The presumed non-B or Z-like structure of poly(dA-dC) . poly(dG-dT) is reversed to the B-form upon interaction with Nt; Dst-3 also induces this reversal but at higher ligand ratios. The modified B-structure of poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT) in low water activity is efficiently reversed to the B-form by interaction with both Nt and Dst-3.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Z-DNA and other non-B-DNA structures are reversed to B-DNA by interaction with netropsin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article