Structural studies on dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes that bind diastereoselectively to an antiparallel folded human telomere sequence

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8674-8683

  Wilson, Tom ^a   Costa, Paulo J ^b   Félix, Vítor ^b   Williamson, Mike P ^a   Thomas, Jim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEAR RUTHENIUM (II) COMPLEX; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DNA; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; TELOMERE;

EID: 84887925106     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm401119b     Document Type: Article

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