Abstract
DNA sequence-dependent photoluminescence enhancement is found for a cationic polyelectrolyte complexed with single stranded DNA and described as a result of an interplay between electrostatic attraction and the π-π stacking between the polyelectrolyte's backbone and DNA's bases.
Publication types
-
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
-
DNA / chemistry*
-
DNA, Single-Stranded / chemistry
-
Luminescence
-
Nucleic Acid Conformation
-
Polyamines / chemistry*
-
Polyelectrolytes
Substances
-
DNA, Single-Stranded
-
Polyamines
-
Polyelectrolytes
-
polycations
-
DNA