title: Structural analysis of G-DNA in solution: A combination of polarized and depolarized dynamic light scattering with hydrodynamic model calculations.
abstract: Specific intra- and intermolecular quadruplex conformations of model G-DNA oligonucleotides have been identified from their translational and rotational diffusion coefficients in aqueous solution. The transport properties were determined by polarized and depolarized dynamic light scattering. A comparison with hydrodynamic model calculations provides detailed information about the size and shape of the molecules and allows one to distinguish between alternative intra- and intermolecular association. The potential of this combination of methods to elucidate biomolecular structures in solution, to characterize conformational changes, and follow intermolecular interaction processes due to a response to external stimuli has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Physikalische Chemie I, Universität Bielefeld, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niermann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eimer
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D054856:G-Quadruplexes; D006147:Guanine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D006147:Guanine; D004247:DNA