The interaction of telomeric DNA and C-myc22 G-quadruplex with 11 natural alkaloids

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Ji, Xiaohui ^a   Sun, Hongxia ^b   Zhou, Huaxi ^a   Xiang, Junfeng ^b   Tang, Yalin ^b   Zhao, Changqi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BERBERINE; DAURICINOLINE; DAURINOLINE; DAURISOLINE; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; N,N' DIMETHYLDAURICINE IODIDE; N,N' DIMETHYLDAURISOLINE IODIDE; O DIACETYLDAURISOLINE; O METHYLDAURICINE; PALMATINE; SANGUINARINE; TELOMERIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELOMERE;

ALKALOIDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; HUMANS; INTERCALATING AGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859484109     PISSN: 21593337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/nat.2012.0342     Document Type: Article

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