Mechanistic insight into ligand binding to G-quadruplex DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5447-5455

  Di Leva, Francesco Saverio ^a   Novellino, Ettore ^b   Cavalli, Andrea ^a,c   Parrinello, Michele ^d   Limongelli, Vittorio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (BENZO[D]THIAZOL 2 YL) 7 HYDROXY 8 [[4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL)PIPERAZIN 1 YL]METHYL] 2H CHROMEN 2 ONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

BENZOPYRANS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BINDING SITES; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84901349262     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku247     Document Type: Article

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