Complex formation between basic antibiotics and deoxyribonucleic acid in human pulmonary secretions.

(Submitted March 19; accepted for publication May 12, 1965.) Presented in part at the Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 8-10, 1962. This investigation was supported by grants from the U.S. Public Health Service (AM-08305 and AM-0385), and a grant from the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. ADDRESS: (J.L.P.) Bal)ies and Childrens hospital, 2103 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.