Quadruplex Nucleic Acids as Novel Therapeutic Targets

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 5987-6011

  Neidle, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MOLECULAR LIBRARY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84978759686     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01835     Document Type: Review

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