Mass spectrometry of G-quadruplex DNA: Formation, recognition, property, conversion, and conformation

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1121-1142

  Yuan, Gu ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhou, Jiang ^a   Li, Huihui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conversion; Formation; G quadruplex DNA; Mass spectrometry; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BINDING AFFINITIES; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DUPLEX DNA; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORMATION; G-QUADRUPLEX STRUCTURE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; G-RICH SEQUENCES; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; PROBE INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SMALL MOLECULES; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BINDING ENERGY; CONFORMATIONS; DISSOCIATION; DNA; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SHIP CONVERSION; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 82955235518     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20315     Document Type: Article

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