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5136648 
Technical Report 
INTERACTION BETWEEN DNA AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS 
Liquori, AM; De Lerma, B; Ascoli, F; Botre, C; Trasciatti, M 
1962 
Yes 
Journal of Molecular Biology
ISSN: 0022-2836
EISSN: 1089-8638 
521 
5 
521-526 
English 
The results obtained in solubilization experiments of benzpyrene and dibenz-anthracene in DNA—water solutions, in conjunction with observed changes in the u.v. absorption and fluorescence spectra of benzpyrene, are reported. A mechanism is proposed to explain the interaction between aromatic hydrocarbons and DNA in terms of insertion of the aromatic molecules between the DNA bases in disordered “stretched” sections. © 1962, Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd.. All rights reserved.