Novel Cholesteric Phase in Dispersions of Nucleic Acids due to Polymeric Chelate Bridges |
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| Authors: | V.L. Golo E.I. Kats Yu.S. Volkov V.I. Salyanov Yu.M. Yevdokimov |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow University, Moscow, 119899, Russia;(2) Institute Laue – Langevin, BP – 156, Grenoble, Cedex – 9, France;(3) Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Physics, Moscow, RussiaWe consider cholesteric liquid-crystalline DNA dispersions, and show thatpolymeric (Dau-Cu) complexes, the so-called bridges, between pairs of DNA molecules may generate a super liquid-crystalline structure (BR-phase), charachterized by a soliton lattice of the spatial distribution of theorder parameter. The BR-phase could have a layered spatial structure andan abnormal optical activity that could have a bearing upon the intenseCD-band observed in DNA-dispersions. |
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| Keywords: | dichroism DNA liquid crystal |
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