CD Spectra of Double-Stranded DNA Liquid-Crystalline Dispersions

Introduction; The double-stranded DNA liquid crystals & liquid-crystalline dispersions; The DNA liquid-crystalline phases; The formation & properties of the double-stranded DNA liquid-crystalline dispersions in polymer-containing water-salt solutions; The peculiarities of the CD spectra of double-stranded DNA liquid-crystalline dispersions & their complexes; A few practically important consequences from the theory; The CD spectra of CLCDs formed by double-stranded DNA molecules Under various conditions; The CD spectra of the CLCD formed by ds DNA molecules first treated with compounds carrying positively charged groups; The CD spectra at "liquid-rigid" structural transition in the particles of the double-stranded DNA CLCD; The CD spectra of the "rigid" CLCDs containing nanobridges between neighboring double-stranded DNA molecules; Conclusion; Index.