title: Electronic interaction between 3'-azido-2'-deoxythymidine and nucleic acid bases by fluorescence spectroscopy.
abstract: The ultraviolet (UV) absorption and fluorescence nature of the mixtures of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT), poly 1, N6-ethenoadenylic acid (poly, epsilon A) and mixtures of AZT and poly A (AZT+poly epsilon A) at various molar ratio has been studied. On the basis of the present results, it may be concluded that the azide group of AZT (N6', N7', and/or N8') may link to the phosphate groups of polynucleotide. Thus, results obtained suggest that there are electronic interaction between thymine and ethenoadenine lings at the first excited singlet state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imakubo
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D011061:Poly A / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011061:Poly A; C005163:poly(1,N(6)-ethenoadenylic acid); D015215:Zidovudine