Purine twisted-intercalating nucleic acids: A new class of anti-gene molecules resistant to potassium-induced aggregation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3494-3507

  Paramasivam, Manikandan ^a   Cogoi, Susanna ^a   Filichev, Vyacheslav V ^b,c   Bomholt, Niels ^c   Pedersen, Erik B ^c   Xodo, Luigi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K RAS PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE; TWISTED INTERCALATING NUCLEIC ACID; (R) 1 O (4 (1 PYRENYLETHYNYL)PHENYLMETHYL)GLYCEROL; (R)-1-O-(4-(1-PYRENYLETHYNYL)PHENYLMETHYL)GLYCEROL; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; GUANINE; KRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; RAS PROTEIN; TRIPLEX DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DOWN REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE THERAPY; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRIPLE HELIX; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCEROL; GUANINE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NIH 3T3 CELLS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POTASSIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PYRENES; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 45549100155     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn242     Document Type: Article

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