THE CD SPECTRA OF DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS

THE CD SPECTRA OF DOUBLESTRANDED DNA LIQUIDCRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART 1. THE DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS

Chapter 1: THE DNA LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES

Chapter 2: THE FORMATION AND PROPERTIES OF THE DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS IN POLYMER-CONTAINING WATER-SALT SOLUTIONS

PART 2. THE PECULIARITIES OF THE CD SPECTRA OF DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS AND THEIR COMPLEXES

Chapter 3: THE CD SPECTRA OF VARIOUS TYPES OF DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DISPERSIONS

Chapter 4: NOTABLE CONSEQUENCES FROM THEORY

Chapter 5: THE CD SPECTRA OF CLCDS FORMED BY DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULES UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS

Chapter 6: THE CD SPECTRA OF THE CLCD FORMED BY DS DNA MOLECULES FIRST TREATED WITH COMPOUNDS CARRYING POSITIVELY CHARGED GROUPS

THE CD SPECTRA OF THE CLCD FORMED BY DS DNA MOLECULES FIRST TREATED WITH COLORED CATIONIC INTERCALATOR

PART 3. THE CD SPECTRA AT “LIQUID-RIGID” STRUCTURAL TRANSITION IN THE PARTICLES OF THE DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CLCD

Chapter 7: THE CD SPECTRA OF THE “RIGID” CLCDS CONTAINING NANOBRIDGES BETWEEN NEIGHBORING DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULES

Chapter 8: THE CD SPECTRA OF THE “RIGID” CLCDS FORMED BY (DNA-GADOLINIUM) COMPLEXES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

INDEX