Figure 3.
Inhibition of Topo IIα (a) and IIβ (b) mediated pBR322 relaxation. The experiment was carried out either with Topo IIα/IIβ in the presence of solvent (DMSO IIα/IIβ (+)) or with various concentrations of carbazole derivatives. ETP (100 µM), and ICRF-187 (100 µM) were used as references. (c) Unwinding assay. Determination of the ability of carbazole derivatives to intercalate into DNA in the presence of topoisomerase I (Top I). ETP and DOXO were used as negative and positive controls, respectively. The displayed gels have been cropped for clarity; full-length gels can be found in Supplementary Figures S1–S3.
