Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Novel nitro analogues of distamycin which have trans olefin or α-diketo moiety instead of amide bond were synthesized. Their DNA binding properties studied by ethidium displacement assay and MPE footprinting experiments were also described. ... These experiments followed ...