FREIFELDER D, DAVISON P F, GEIDUSCHEK E P
Biophys J. 1961 May;1(5):389-400. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(61)86897-5.
Salmon DNA has been irradiated with visible light in the presence of acridine orange. If the dye is bound to the DNA, there results: (a) a decrease in sedimentation coefficient, (b) a lowering of viscosity, and (c) a decrease in the thermal denaturation temperature. CsCl banding experiments show that the first two effects reflect depolymerization of the DNA. Depolymerization apparently occurs by single-strand scission although some double-strand scission is not excluded. The destabilization of secondary structure results probably from chemical attack on the components of the individual strands.
在吖啶橙存在的情况下,鲑鱼脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)已用可见光进行了照射。如果该染料与DNA结合,会产生以下结果:(a)沉降系数降低,(b)粘度下降,以及(c)热变性温度降低。氯化铯密度梯度离心实验表明,前两种效应反映了DNA的解聚。解聚显然是通过单链断裂发生的,尽管不排除一些双链断裂的情况。二级结构的不稳定可能是由于对单链成分的化学攻击所致。