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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 215-222Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0896(99)00283-7
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The DNA helix destabilizing activity of a series of cyclobisintercaland compounds (CBIs) has been evaluated by measuring their ability to displace a P-32-labelled oligonucleotide primer (17-mer) hybridized to the single stranded DNA of M13. This destabilizing activity appears to be strongly dependent on the cyclic structure (the linear acyclic references are inactive) and the size of the macrocycle; both features being known to determine the preferential binding of the compound to ssDNA, Interestingly, CBIs induced the dissociation of the duplex template in a concentration range (0.5-1 mu M) close to that required for the destabilizing activity of single stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs). Therefore competition experiments between CBIs and an SSB protein (Eco SSB) for binding to a single stranded oligonucleotide target (36-mer) have been performed through gel electrophoresis and nitrocellulose binding assays and strong inhibitory effects on the formation of the SSB:36-mer complex have been observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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