Self-organization of polyaromatic compounds within DNA.
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.
Malinovskii
Vladimir L
VL
University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Bittermann
Holger
H
Häner
Robert
R
D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011721:Pyrenes; D004247:DNA