PMID- 24328563 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140714 LR - 20131216 IS - 1532-2335 (Electronic) IS - 1525-7770 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 12 DP - 2013 TI - Probing the site-selective binding of an antiretroviral drug, Stavudine to calf thymus DNA. PG - 660-9 LID - 10.1080/15257770.2013.851392 [doi] AB - The interaction of an anti-HIV drug, stavudine (STV) with calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was investigated employing acridine orange (AO) as a fluorescence probe. Spectroscopic investigations revealed the intercalative mode of binding of STV to DNA. The analysis of fluorescence data indicated the presence of static quenching mechanism between STV and DNA. Thermodynamic parameters indicated the presence of van der Waals forces in addition to intercalative mode of binding. CD data revealed the partial B --> A conformational transition of DNA upon intercalative mode of binding with STV. FAU - Sandhya, B AU - Sandhya B AD - a Department of Chemistry , Karnatak University , Dharwad , Karnataka , India. FAU - Seetharamappa, J AU - Seetharamappa J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids JT - Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids JID - 100892832 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Intercalating Agents) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 91080-16-9 (calf thymus DNA) RN - BO9LE4QFZF (Stavudine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-HIV Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Binding Sites MH - Cattle MH - DNA/chemistry/*metabolism MH - *Drug Discovery MH - Intercalating Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Nucleic Acid Denaturation/drug effects MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence MH - Stavudine/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Thermodynamics EDAT- 2013/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/15257770.2013.851392 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2013;32(12):660-9. doi: 10.1080/15257770.2013.851392.