A fluorescence-based helicase assay: Application to the screening of G-quadruplex ligands

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Mendoza, Oscar ^a,b   Gueddouda, Nassima Meriem ^a,b   Boul, Jean Baptiste ^c   Bourdoncle, Anne ^b,d   Mergny, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT EUROPÉEN DE CHIMIE ET BIOLOGIE   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HELICASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HELICASE; PROTEIN PIF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

DNA HELICASES; ENZYME ASSAYS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENCE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; LIGANDS;

EID: 84936747645     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv193     Document Type: Article

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