Groove binding ligands for the interaction with parallel-stranded ps-duplex DNA and triplex DNA

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1389-1403

  Jain, Akash K ^a   Bhattacharya, Santanu ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; LIGANDS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE PAIRS; BINDING LIGANDS; DUPLEX DNA; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; GROOVE-BINDING; HIGH-ORDER STRUCTURE; HIGHER-ORDER STRUCTURE; MINOR GROOVES; TETRAPLEX; TRIPLEX DNA;

DNA;

1 PHENYL 4 PYRROLIDINO 2,3 DIHYDRO 1H PYRROLO[ 2,3 B]QUINOLINE; 4 ( 4 METHYLPIPERAZINO 2 ETHYL( 2 NAPHTHYL)QUINOLINE; 4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[F]QUINO[ 3,4 B]QUINOXALINE; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CONGOCIDINE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DUOCARMYCIN A; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HOE 33342; LIGAND; METHOXSALEN; MHQ 12; MINOR GROOVE BINDING LIGAND; MITHRAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NOGALAMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; SN 18071; SN 18701; SN 6999; TRIPLEX STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTISENSE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DRUG COMPLEX; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 77955785549     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc900247s     Document Type: Article

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