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Interaction of ethidium bromide with DNA as studied by kinetic spectrophotometry.

The interaction of ethidium bromide (EB) with DNA has been investigated using the pulse radiolysis technique. In particular, the absolute rate constant for the reaction of hydrated electrons, generated by single pulses of high-energy electrons, with EB is shown to drop dramatically in the presence of DNA. This drop in diffusion-limited reactivity results from the interaction of EB with DNA, effectively immobilising it, thus lowering the reaction cross-section or probability. Analysis of the resulting kinetic spectrophotometric data shows that they are consistent with a reversible interaction of EB with DNA as described by the law of mass action. The Scatchard-type plots obtained are linear, and give quantitative information on the extent and degree of association, comparable with that obtained by more conventional methods. The potential of the pulse radiolysis technique for studying different types of interactions between small molecules and various biopolymers has been demonstrated.

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