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VARIABILITY IN DNA MINOR GROOVE WIDTH RECOGNISED BY LIGAND BINDING: THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A BIS-BENZIMIDAZOLE COMPOUND BOUND TO THE DNA DUPLEX D(CGCGAATTCGCG)2

Entity

Entity ID	Chain ID	Description	Type	Chain length	Formula weight	Number of molecules	DB Name (Accession)	Biological source	Descriptive keywords
1	A, B	DNA (5'-D(*CP*GP*CP*GP*AP*AP*TP*TP*CP*GP*CP*G)-3')	polymer	12	3663.4	2
2	A	5-(2-IMIDAZOLINYL)-2-[2-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-5-BENZIMIDAZOLYL]BENZIMIDAZOLE	non-polymer		396.4	1	Chemie (IBB)
3	A	MAGNESIUM ION	non-polymer		24.3	1	Chemie (MG)
4		water	water		18.0	90	Chemie (HOH)

Contents of the asymmetric unit

Polymers	Number of chains	2
	Total formula weight	7326.8
Non-Polymers*	Number of molecules	2
	Total formula weight	420.8
All*	Total formula weight	7747.5

*Water molecules are not included.