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Kinetic studies of drug-dinucleotide complexes

P Davanloo, D M Crothers

    Biochemistry
    |November 30, 1976
    PubMed
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    This study reveals three distinct kinetic behaviors when actinomycin or ethidium bind with deoxydinucleotides. These binding processes range from rapid bimolecular reactions to complex first-order and third-order kinetics, depending on the specific molecules involved.

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