G-quadruplex DNA: A potential target for anti-cancer drug design

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 136-142

  Han, Haiyong ^a   Hurley, Laurence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHAPERONE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PERYLENE; PORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; TELOMERASE;

DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DNA; DRUG DESIGN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PERYLENE; PORPHYRINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034176194     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01457-7     Document Type: Review

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