Unique binding site for bis-benzimidazoles on transfer RNA

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S. E. Sadat Ebrahimi, Amanda N. Wilton and Kenneth T. Douglas


Abstract

Ligands based on bis-benzimidazole structures related to Hoechst 33258 bind to transfer RNA with 1:1 stoichiometry and dissociation constants in the micromolar range, their interaction appearing significantly different in nature from that with duplex DNA, based on the ribonucleic acid-induced quenching of their fluorescence.


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