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G-quadruplex vs. duplex-DNA binding of nickel(II) and zinc(II) Schiff base complexes

Riccardo Bonsignore1, Alessio Terenzi2, Angelo Spinello1

  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 17, 90128, Palermo, Italy; Istituto EuroMediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Piazzetta Briuccia, 20-21, 90139, Palermo, Italy.

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
|May 28, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Binding constantCircular dichroismComputational chemistryDNA G-quadruplex, nickelzinc

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