Molecular basis of recognition of quadruplexes human telomere and c-myc promoter by the putative anticancer agent sanguinarine

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4189-4201

  Ghosh, Saptaparni ^a   Pradhan, Suman Kalyan ^a   Kar, Anirban ^b   Chowdhury, Shantanu ^b   Dasgupta, Dipak ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Fluorescence and CD spectroscopy; Human telomeric DNA; NHE III1 upstream of the P1 promoter of c myc; Sanguinarine; Telomerase repeat amplification protocol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL EXTRACT; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MYC PROTEIN; SANGUINARINE; SANGUINARINE DERIVATIVE; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN MDAMB 231; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 84877862828     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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