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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
The antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cis-Pt) forms bidentate adducts with guanine residues of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC). The secondary structure of the polymer is altered. In this work, high resolution pictures of naked molecules, obtained by dark field electron microscopy reveal DNA chain distortions with radii as small as 30 A. The extent of distortion increases with the drug/nucleotide ratio (rb). These alterations of the secondary structure are responsible for the apparent shortening of the molecules. Measurements of the persistence lengths of the polymer as well as the end-to-end distances of elementary segments of various lengths, are obtained from digitized electron micrographs. The measurements are used to monitor and quantify the observed modifications of polymer structure upon cis-Pt binding at various rb or incubation times. Poly(dG-m5dC).poly(dG-m5dC) in the B and Z forms have different persistence lengths. In the B form, this polymer is more altered by cis-Pt than in the Z one.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8349-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Electron microscopic measurement of chain flexibility of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) modified by cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't