title: Visualization of enantiomers in the liquid-crystalline phase of a fragmented DNA solution.
abstract: The use of the liquid-crystalline phase of fragmented DNA solution for enantiomeric differentiation by NMR is reported. The lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystal system formed, orients in a magnetic field and is able to discriminate water soluble enantiomeric mixtures in a simple 2D J-resolved NMR experiment.
authors.affiliation: NMR Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: Sujay P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sau
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D044367:Phase Transition; D012996:Solutions; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D004247:DNA