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NATURE PROTOCOLS
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 78-87Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.467
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The various conformations of DNA are thought to have important biological roles. Investigation of the local DNA conformational changes associated with biological events is therefore essential to an understanding of the functions of DNA. We have reported the photoreactivities of 5-halouracil in the five characteristic local DNA structures: the A, B and Z forms, protein-induced DNA kinks and the G-quadruplex form. These studies demonstrate the detailed relationships between the local DNA structures and the photochemical products of photoinduced hydrogen abstraction by the resulting uracil-5-yl radicals, and show that this photochemical method can be used to detect DNA structures. Here, we describe in detail procedures that have been developed in our laboratory for probing DNA conformations by product analysis of photoirradiated 5-halouracil-containing DNA. The protocol includes the preparation of 5-halouracil-containing DNA and the characterization of the photoproducts, and it can be completed in 2 weeks.
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