Stabilization of DNA triple helices by a series of mono- and disubstituted amidoanthraquinones

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 817-825

  Keppler, Melanie D ^f   Read, Martin A ^a   Perry, Philip J ^a,b   Trent, John O ^a,c   Jenkins, Terence C ^a,d   Reszka, Anthony P ^a   Neidle, Stephen ^a   Fox, Keith R ^e  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Antigene; DNA recognition; Triple helix; Triplex binding ligand

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; ISOMER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIPLE HELIX;

AMIDES; ANTHRAQUINONES; BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033178533     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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