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Atomic force microscopy studies of intercalation-induced changes in plasmid DNA tertiary structure

L H Pope1, M C Davies, C A Laughton

  • 1Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.

Summary

Atomic force microscopy revealed that plasmid DNA undergoes structural transitions. Increasing ethidium bromide concentration shifted DNA from relaxed states to toroidal and then plectonemic supercoiling.

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