The mysteries of telomere structure and recognition: Could radioprobing help?

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 805-811

  Laughton, C A ^a   Grindon, C ^a   Girard, P ^b   Nikjoo, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Radiation/Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

125I; DNA structure; Drug DNA recognition; Quadruplex DNA; Radioprobing; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

8,13 DIETHYL 6 METHYLQUINO[4,3,2 KL]ACRIDINIUM IODIDE; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR; TELOMESTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PROBE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 12344338309     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000400017739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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