Small-molecule-mediated G-quadruplex isolation from human cells

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1095-1098

  Müller, Sebastian ^a   Kumari, Sunita ^a   Rodriguez, Raphaël ^a   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; BIOTIN; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMIDES; AMINOQUINOLINES; BIOTIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 78649511027     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.842     Document Type: Article

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