Abstract

Abstract The CD spectra of dispersions of DNA, in the form of cholesteric liquid crystalline droplets, in an aqueous continuum have been studied. Calculated curves have been fitted to experimental spectra. The amplitude and the sign of the intense absorption band of the purine and pyrimidine bases vary with the droplet size, the pitch and the twist sense of the cholesteric phase. The CD spectra of dispersions of the complex formed by DNA and a coloured intercalating antibiotic have been similarly studied. A general satisfactory level of fitting between observed and calculated CD spectra was found.

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