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[DNA-intercalating compounds. Synthesis of acridine dimers]

J Barbet, B P Roques, J B Le Pecq

    Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Des Seances De L'Academie Des Sciences. Serie D: Sciences Naturelles
    |September 22, 1975
    PubMed
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    Researchers synthesized novel polyaza-alkanes derived from 6,9-dichloro-2-methoxy acridine. These acridine dimers exhibit high-affinity DNA binding through intercalation of their aromatic rings.

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