Biophysical studies of the c-MYC NHE III1 promoter: Model quadruplex interactions with a cationic porphyrin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2007-2015

  Freyer, Matthew W ^a   Buscaglia, Robert ^a   Kaplan, Kimberly ^a   Cashman, Derek ^a   Hurley, Laurence H ^b,c   Lewis, Edwin A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESOTETRA (N METHYL 4 PYRIDYL) PORPHINE; MYC PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG BINDING; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33947647457     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097246     Document Type: Article

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