Polyamines (PAs) but not small peptides with closely spaced positively charged groups interact with DNA and RNA, but they do not represent a relevant buffer system at physiological pH values

• Julian Rieck,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institut für Zell- und Neurobiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-3712

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• Christian Derst,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Paracelsus Medical University, Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Nürnberg, Germany

  Affiliation Institut für Zell- und Neurobiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Rüdiger W. Veh

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ruediger.veh@charite.de

  Affiliation Institut für Zell- und Neurobiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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