Issue August 2009

category image Volume 27
No. 1 (p 1-110)
August 2009
ISSN 0739-110

The Stability of the B Conformation in Wet-spun Films of CaDNA: A Raman Study as a Function of Water Content (p. 105-110)

Raman spectra from 600 to 1150 cm-1 have been collected from wet-spun films of highly oriented CaDNA as a function of relative humidity (rh). Particular attention was paid to the Raman modes at 834 and 807 cm-1; the presence of these modes indicates that the DNA backbone is in the B or A conformations. Though the B conformation is usually found only under conditions of high hydration in such wet-spun films, CaDNA is found to remain in the B conformation down to 75% rh. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that intermolecular bonds in ordered samples of DNA are critical for the stabilization of the A conformation of DNA.

M. Schwenker Smith1
S.A. Lee1,*
A. Rupprecht2

1Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606 USA
2Division of Physical Chemistry
Arrhenius Laboratory
University of Stockholm
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
*Scott.Lee@utoledo.edu

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