Is there any interaction between telomeric DNA structures, G-quadruplex and I-motif, with Saffron active metabolites?

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 801-812

  Hoshyar, Reyhane ^a   Bathaie, S Zahra ^a,b   Kyani, Anahita ^b   Mousavi, Mir Fazlollah ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

carotenoids; circular dichroism; DNA secondary structure; molecular docking; monoterpene aldehydes; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CROCETIN; CROCIN; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; PICROCROCIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFRANAL; TELOMERIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA STRUCTURE; I MOTIF; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROCUS; DNA; FLOWERS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84869793597     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2012.730164     Document Type: Article

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