Strong binding in the DNA minor groove by an aromatic diamidine with a shape that does not match the curvature of the groove

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 13680-13681

  Nguyen, Binh ^a   Lee, Michael P H ^b   Hamelberg, Donald ^a   Joubert, Alexandra ^c   Bailly, Christian ^c   Brun, Reto ^d   Neidle, Stephen ^b   Wilson, W David ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PENTAMIDINE; ROBENIDINE;

EID: 0037145991     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja027953c     Document Type: Article

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