title: Self-organization of polyaromatic compounds within DNA.
abstract: The structural organization of oligopyrene sections embedded within a DNA framework is described. Absorbance, fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy provide insight into the molecular interactions of the pyrene units.
authors.affiliation: University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vladimir L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Malinovskii
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bittermann
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Häner
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011721:Pyrenes; D004247:DNA