title: 500 MHz 1H-NMR study of the interaction of daunomycin with B and Z helices of d(CGm5CGCG).
abstract: The interaction of daunomycin with B and Z helices of a self-complementary DNA fragment d(CGm5CGCG) in solution was studied by 1H-NMR spectroscopy at 500 MHz. The results show that the B-Z transition kinetics is not affected by addition of daunomycin. Daunomycin binds exclusively to the B form of d(CGm5CGCG). Z exchanges with B while the latter also exchanges with the B duplex-daunomycin complexes.
mesh_terms: D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D003630:Daunorubicin