Mitoxantrone analogues as ligands for a stem-loop structure of tau Pre-mRNA

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6523-6526

  Yang, Liu ^a   Peacey, Eleanor ^a   Dickson, John ^a   Donahue, Christine P ^a,c   Zheng, Suxin ^b   Varani, Gabriele ^b   Wolfe, Michael S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Archemix Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; MITOXANTRONE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ANTHRAQUINONES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; LIGANDS; MITOXANTRONE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYAMINES; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 71049175350     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9013407     Document Type: Article

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