The evolving world of protein-G-quadruplex recognition: A medicinal chemist's perspective

Biochimie

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1219-1230

  Sissi, Claudia ^a   Gatto, Barbara ^a   Palumbo, Manlio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug binding; G quadruplex; Nucleic acids; Proteins

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HELICASE; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BLOOM SYNDROME; DNA CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; FANCONI ANEMIA; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEOPLASM; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 79960700336     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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