Flash photolysis, oxygen binding

To reveal the mode of dye-DNA binding, we studied quenching of the triplet states of thiaearboeyanine dyes K1 - K4 in solutions and in eomplexes with DNA (aqueous phosphate buffer, pH 7) by the stable nitroxyl radical 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-l-oxyl (4-hydroxy-TEMPO), iodide ion, and oxygen. To study the properties of the triplet states of the dyes, we used flash photolysis technique. 

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