DNA open states and DNA hydration

M. Martín-Landrove, B. De Lema-Larre

 

28th Congress Ampere, Magnetic Resonance & Related Phenomena, 311-12, 1996.

 

Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill experiments were made upon solutions of DNA molecules at different r.f. pulsation rates. A bifurcation in the transversal relaxation rate was observed possibly related to the existence of DNA open states. Some theoretical models are proposed to explain the experimental findings