Identification of an aminoacridine derivative that binds to RNA tetraloops

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4096-4104

  Yan, Zhaohui ^a   Sikri, Shweta ^a   Beveridge, David L ^a   Baranger, Anne M ^a,b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LIGAND; NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA BINDING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

AMINACRINE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34548141766     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm070305p     Document Type: Article

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