Ruthenium(II) complexes of bipyridine-glycoluril and their interactions with DNA

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-459

  Deshpande, Megha S ^a   Kumbhar, Anupa A ^a   Kumbhar, Avinash S ^a   Kumbhakar, Manoj ^b   Pal, Haridas ^b   Sonawane, Uddhavesh B ^c   Joshi, Rajendra R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BIPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BIPYRIDINE GLYCOLURIL CONJUGATE; DIPYRIDO[3,2 A:2',3' C]PHENAZINE; DIPYRIDO[3,2 D:2',3' F]QUINOXALINE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKYNE; DNA; GLYCOLURIL; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUGATION; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LIGAND BINDING; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STEADY STATE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BOVINAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

2,2'-DIPYRIDYL; ALKYNES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 63749113839     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc800298t     Document Type: Article

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