Nanoparticles inhibit DNA replication by binding to DNA: Modeling and experimental validation

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9664-9674

  Li, Kungang ^a   Zhao, Xiaonan ^b   K Hammer, Brian ^b   Du, Songyan ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

binding affinity; DLVO; DNA; genotoxicity; model; nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITIES; DLVO; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GENOTOXICITIES; INTERACTION ENERGIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TECHNIQUES; SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; DNA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MODELS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; HISTONE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84888880700     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402472k     Document Type: Article

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