Sokolov N A, Piker E G, Mironov N M, Tseĭtlin P I
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Embichin inhibited the matrix activity of chromatin and DNA in the RNA-polymerase system in vitro much more than its monofunctional analogue. Chromatin possessed a greater sensitivity to the action of embichin in comparison with the deproteinised DNA. However, with the action of a monofunctional embichin analogue there was a greater reduction of the matrix activity of DNA in comparison with chromatin. The depression mechanism of the matrix activity of chromatin with the action of embichin was apparently associated with the capacity of the latter to form the DNA-protein bonds in the chromatin composition.