G-Quadruplex Structures and G-Quadruplex-Interactive Compounds

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 735, Issue , 2011, Pages 77-96

  Mathad, Raveendra I ^c   Yang, Danzhou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anticancer drug targets; G quadruplex structures; G quadruplex interactive compounds; Human telomeres; Structure polymorphism; Telomerase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TELOMERE;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 79960993486     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_8     Document Type: Chapter

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