Finding needles in a basestack: recognition of mismatched base pairs in DNA by small molecules

A Granzhan, N Kotera… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Mismatched (non-Watson–Crick) base pairs represent the most common type of DNA
damage, as they are permanently formed in living cells due to erroneous insertion, deletion …

Precipitation of DNA by polyamines: a polyelectrolyte behavior

E Raspaud, MO De La Cruz, JL Sikorav, F Livolant - Biophysical journal, 1998 - cell.com
Conditions of double-stranded DNA precipitation by the polyamines spermidine and
spermine have been determined experimentally and compared to theoretical predictions …

Genetic instability triggered by G-quadruplex interacting Phen-DC compounds in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A Piazza, JB Boule, J Lopes, K Mingo… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
G-quadruplexes are nucleic acid secondary structures for which many biological roles have
been proposed but whose existence in vivo has remained elusive. To assess their formation …

DNA‐Destabilizing Agents as an Alternative Approach for Targeting DNA: Mechanisms of Action and Cellular Consequences

G Lenglet, MH David-Cordonnier - Journal of nucleic acids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
DNA targeting drugs represent a large proportion of the actual anticancer drug
pharmacopeia, both in terms of drug brands and prescription volumes. Small DNA …

Novel Cu (II) complexes as DNA-destabilizing agents and their DNA nuclease activity

HC Kwon, M Yoon, S Nayab, H Lee, JH Han - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we report a series of four novel Cu complexes, namely 2-(piperidin-1-ylmethyl)
quinoline copper (II) nitrate,[LACu (NO3) 2](Cu1), 4-(quinolin-2-ylmethyl) morpholine copper …

Interaction of an acridine dimer with DNA quadruplex structures

P Alberti, J Ren, MP Teulade-Fichou… - Journal of …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The reactivation of telomerase activity in most cancer cells supports the concept that
telomerase is a relevant target in oncology, and telomerase inhibitors have been proposed …

An efficient and facile one-step synthesis of highly substituted thiophenes

FM Moghaddam, HZ Boinee - Tetrahedron, 2004 - Elsevier
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Threading bis-intercalation of a macrocyclic bisacridine at abasic sites in DNA: nuclear magnetic resonance and molecular modeling study

M Jourdan, J Garcia, J Lhomme… - Biochemistry, 1999 - ACS Publications
The macrocyclic bisacridine (CBA) has been reported previously to specifically recognize
single-stranded nucleic acid structures, especially DNA hairpins. The binding of the drug …

Interactions of acyclic and cyclic bis-phenanthridinium derivatives with ss-and ds-polynucleotides

I Piantanida, BS Palm, P Čudić, M Žinić, HJ Schneider - Tetrahedron, 2004 - Elsevier
The acyclic bis-phenanthridinium ligands, and the cyclic analogue bind to ss-RNA by bis-
intercalation. Due to it's shorter linker exhibits mono-intercalative binding to ds …

A role of the 9-aminoacridines and their conjugates in a life science

J Sebestik, J Hlavacek, I Stibor - Current Protein and Peptide …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The 9-aminoacridines play an important role in medicine. They were applied first in a
treatment of protozoal infections in the beginning of the last century. Recently, it has been …