DNA cleavage by a polyethylenimine-appended porphyrin

Suenaga H; Nango M; Sugiyama T; Iwasaki T; Takeuchi Y; Shinkai S

Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.4, 306-307, 2000

Suenaga H, Nango M, Sugiyama T, Iwasaki T, Takeuchi Y, Shinkai S

Polyethylenimine (PEI)-appended porphyrin 2 bound DNA more strongly than non-polyethylenimine-appended porphyrins by creation of cationic charges of polyethylenimine and photochemically cleaved a double-stranded DNA.