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Nicholas N Shaw1, Hongjuan Xi, Dev P Arya
1Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
Abstract:
A novel neomycin-methidium conjugate was synthesized. The covalent linkage of the aminoglycoside to an intercalator, a derivative of ethidium bromide, results in a new conjugate capable of selective recognition of the DNA:RNA hybrid duplex. Spectroscopic methods: UV, CD, fluorescence, and calorimetric techniques: DSC and ITC were used to characterize the sub-nanomolar binding displayed by the conjugate for the DNA:RNA hybrid duplex, poly(dA):poly(rU).
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