| Literature DB >> 15536564 |
Olivier Piétrement1, David Pastré, Fabrice Landousy, Marie-Odile David, Stéphane Fusil, Loïc Hamon, Alain Zozime, Eric Le Cam.
Abstract
The cleavage of DNA caused by the antitumoral drug bleomycin has been investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). This work deals with the effect that adsorbing DNA onto a positively- or negatively-charged surface has on the double-strand cleavage of DNA by Fe(III)/bleomycin. Quantitative analysis of the number of breaks per DNA molecule, in bulk and at the surface of the mica substrate, has been performed by analyzing AFM images. It turns out that the cleavage of DNA is strongly inhibited by a positively-charged surface. Our experiments can be interpreted using a simple electrostatic model. This paper is a first step in the study of DNA accessibility to ligand such as bleomycin, using AFM in liquids.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15536564 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0443-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Biophys J ISSN: 0175-7571 Impact factor: 1.733