Xanthene and xanthone derivatives as G-quadruplex stabilizing ligands

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 13446-13470

  Altieri, Alessandro ^a   Alvino, Antonello ^a   Ohnmacht, Stephan ^b   Ortaggi, Giancarlo ^a   Neidle, Stephen ^b   Nocioni, Daniele ^a   Franceschin, Marco ^a   Bianco, Armandodoriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; C myc; ESI MS; FRET; G quadruplex; Telomere; Xanthene; Xanthone

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE; XANTHONE; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; XANTHENES; XANTHONES;

EID: 84888632242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules181113446     Document Type: Article

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