A theoretical study of acriflavin-DNA binding.
Indian J Biochem Biophys
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1990 Aug; 27(4): 213-8
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in English
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| ID: sea-27130
ABSTRACT
A theoretical study of binding behaviour of acriflavin, a well-known mutagen, with DNA base pairs such as AT, GC, TA and CG has been performed using CNDO/2 method to compute net atomic charges and dipoles located at various centres in acriflavine as well as base pairs. Acriflavine-DNA base pair interactions have been evaluated using second order perturbation method with multicentered multipole approximation. Only minimum energy configurations have been reported. Results have been discussed with a view to obtain a comparative behaviour of other similar dyes like proflavine and acridine orange.
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Main subject:
Thermodynamics
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Base Composition
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Binding Sites
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Acriflavine
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DNA
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Models, Chemical
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Biochem Biophys
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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