Mass spectrometry studies of the binding of the minor groove-directed alkylating agent alkamin to AT-Tract oligonucleotides

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-157

  Abdul Majid, Amin M S ^a   Smythe, George ^b   Denny, William A ^c   Wakelin, Laurence P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE DERIVATIVE; ALKAMIN; ALKAMINI; ALKYLATING AGENT; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORMETHINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYBENZAMIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADENINE; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANILIDES; DNA ADDUCTS; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; THYMINE;

MAJIDAE;

EID: 61849099271     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx800276h     Document Type: Article

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