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Flow birefringence of T7 phage DNA: Dependence on salt concentration

✍ Scribed by Kim L. Cairney; Rodney E. Harrington

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
716 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3525

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We have determined extinction angles and flow birefringence of T7 bacteriophage DNA over a wide range of shear, polymer concentration, and solvent ionic strength. From these data, information on the simple salt dependence of coil permeability to solvent and on short‐range intrachain interactions (persistence length) was obtained. At all ionic strengths, our results are consistent with a partially draining coil in the Gaussian subchain dynamical theory of Rouse‐Zimm‐Tschoegl‐Bloomfield. Salt dependence of persistence length is comparable to, although somewhat less than, that obtained previously using similar methods with a fivefold higher‐molecular‐weight DNA (T2 bacteriophage DNA). Possible reasons for observed discrepancies are analyzed, and the results of this work are compared in detail to other current studies of solvent ionic strength dependence in persistence length and hydrodynamic properties of DNA.

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