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Item On the effects of intercalators in DNA condensation: a force spectroscopy and gel electrophoresis study(The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014-04-10) Rocha, M. S.; Cavalcante, A. G.; Silva, R.; Ramos, E. B.In this work we have characterized the effects of the intercalator ethidium bromide (EtBr) on the DNA condensation process by using force spectroscopy and gel electrophoresis. We have tested two condensing agents: spermine (spm4+), a tetravalent cationic amine which promotes cation-induced DNA condensation, and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), a neutral polymer which promotes DNA ψ-condensation. Two different types of experiments were performed. In the first type, bare DNA molecules disperse in solution are first treated with EtBr for intercalation, and then the condensing agent is added to the sample with the purpose of verifying the effects of the intercalator in hindering DNA condensation. In the second experiment type, the bare DNA molecules are first condensed, and then the intercalator is added to the sample in order to verify its influence on the previously condensed DNA. The results obtained with the two different experimental techniques used agree very well, indicating that previously intercalated EtBr can hinder both cation-induced and ψ-condensation, being more efficient in the first case. On the other hand, EtBr has little effect on the previously formed cation-induced condensates, but is efficient in unfolding the ψ-condensates.Item DNA Interaction with diaminobenzidine studied with optical tweezers and dynamic light scattering(The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013-10-28) Reis, L. A.; Ramos, E. B.; Rocha, M. S.We have studied the interaction of the DNA molecule with the ligand 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) by performing single molecule stretching experiments with optical tweezers and dynamic light scattering (DLS) on the DNA−DAB complexes. In the stretching experiments, the persistence and contour lengths of the complexes were measured as a function of DAB concentration, allowing one to infer the main binding mechanism and also to determine the physicochemical parameters of the interaction. In the DLS experiments, the effective size of the complexes, measured as the hydrodynamic radius, was monitored as a function of DAB concentration. We found a qualitative agreement between the results obtained from the two techniques by comparing the behaviors of the hydrodynamics radius and the radius of gyration, since this last one can be expressed as a function of the persistence and contour lengths.