Table 3. Effect of complexation of P2 and P3 to poly(dG-dC)2 and poly(dA-dT)2 on fluorescence lifetimes tf. The numbers in parentheses indicate the relative amplitudes of the components
 
 
 
R
tf/ns
 
R
tf/ns
P2/methanol
-
9.7 a)
P3/methanol
-
9.4 b)
P2/buffer
-
-
-
P3/buffer c)
-
1.8(0.40)
11.8(0.60)
P2/poly(dA-dT)2
0.027
3.9(0.95)
16.6(0.05)
P3/poly(dA-dT)2
0.027
2.2(0.76)
13.1(0.24)
P2/poly(dA-dT)2
0.071
4.2(0.89)
14.8(0.11)
P3/poly(dA-dT)2
0.053
1.9(0.84)
10.6(0.16)
P2/poly(dA-dT)2
0.091
4.3(0.90)
14.6(0.10)
P3/poly(dA-dT)2
0.068
2.3(0.83)
12.8(0.17)
P2/poly(dG-dC)2
0.036
3.4(0.96)
15.1(0.04)
P3/poly(dG-dC)2
0.028
1.9(0.87)
12.1(0.13)
P2/poly(dG-dC)2
0.105
3.5(0.96)
13.4(0.04)
P3/poly(dG-dC)2
0.086
2.1(0.95)
13.0(0.05)

        a) 1.3 m M P2
        b) 2.5 m M P3
        c) ca 2 m M P3;buffer composition: 20 mM phosphate, pH 7.1,