Ethidium derivatives bind to G-quartets, inhibit telomerase and act as fluorescent probes for quadruplexes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1087-1096

  Koeppel, Florence ^a   Riou, Jean François ^b,d   Laoui, Abdelazize ^b   Mailliet, Patrick ^b   Arimondo, Paola B ^a,c   Labit, Delphine ^a   Petitgenet, Odile ^b   Hélène, Claude ^a   Mergny, Jean Louis ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE; IC 50; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TELOMERE;

EID: 0035282707     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.5.1087     Document Type: Article

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