Bis-indole derivatives with antitumor activity turn out to be specific ligands of human telomeric G-quadruplex

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Amato, Jussara ^a   Iaccarino, Nunzia ^a   Pagano, Bruno ^a   Morigi, Rita ^b   Locatelli, Alessandra ^b   Leoni, Alberto ^b   Rambaldi, Mirella ^b   Zizza, Pasquale ^c   Biroccio, Annamaria ^c   Novellino, Ettore ^a   Randazzo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; G quadruplex; Phenanthroline derivatives; Pyridine derivatives; Telomeric damage; Thermal stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987660604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00054     Document Type: Article

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