A cyclometallated iridium(III) complex as a c-myc G-Quadruplex stabilizer and down-regulator of c-myc oncogene expression

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-582

  Yang, H ^a   Ma, V P Y ^a   Chan, D S H ^a   He, H Z ^a   Leung, C H ^b   Ma, D L ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

C myc; DNA; G quadruplex; Iridium(III); Metal complex; Oncogene; Promoter

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LIGAND; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C MYC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84877814281     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986713804910175     Document Type: Article

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