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Abstract
The fluorescent intercalation complex of ethidium bromide (ETB) with DNA was used as a probe to compare the effects of various radicals with respect to impairment of the DNA base-pair region. .OH radicals inhibit up to 0.7 dye intercalations per .OH at low salt concentration, and for various oxidizing species the effect decreases in the order .OH greater than Br.2- greater than N.3 much greater than (SCN).2-. DNA impairment by the .OH product of Met-Gly is comparable to that of N.3, but no effect was found due to the interaction between DNA and Lys-Tyr-Lys phenoxyl radicals. The reducing species e-aq, H., O.2-, and CO.2- hardly affect the DNA-ETB intercalation.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6709825 DOI: 10.1007/bf01326731
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiat Environ Biophys ISSN: 0301-634X Impact factor: 1.925