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Single-molecule Manipulation of G-quadruplexes by Magnetic Tweezers
Published on: September 19, 2017
A hydrophilic three side-chained triazatruxene as a new strong and selective G-quadruplex ligand
Luca Ginnari-Satriani1, Valentina Casagrande, Armandodoriano Bianco
1Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
|June 9, 2009
Abstract:
A new hydrosoluble triazatruxene derivative (Azatrux) is reported to selectively bind to G-quadruplex DNA, as derived by ESI-MS measurements and competition experiments.
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