Non-covalent ligand/DNA interactions: minor groove binding agents

SM Nelson, LR Ferguson, WA Denny - Mutation Research/Fundamental …, 2007 - Elsevier
An understanding of the mechanism by which minor groove binding agents interact with
DNA has led to the design of agents that can reversibly bind with high selectivity to extended …

Targeting DNA minor groove by hybrid molecules as anticancer agents

S Nekkanti, R Tokala… - Current Medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Agents which can recognize and bind specific sequences of DNA offer selective therapy
through the modulation of specific transcription factors or genes. Recently, there has been …

A polymeric approach toward resistance-resistant antimicrobial agent with dual-selective mechanisms of action

S Bai, J Wang, K Yang, C Zhou, Y Xu, J Song, Y Gu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Antibiotic resistance is now a major threat to human health, and one approach to combating
this threat is to develop resistance-resistant antibiotics. Synthetic antimicrobial polymers are …

Spectroscopic and isothermal titration calorimetry studies of binding interaction of ferulic acid with bovine serum albumin

H Ojha, K Mishra, MI Hassan, NK Chaudhury - Thermochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
The binding characteristics of ferulic acid (FA) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) were
investigated using fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and isothermal titration calorimetry …

Ligand–Receptor Interaction-Induced Intracellular Phase Separation: A Global Disruption Strategy for Resistance-Free Lethality of Pathogenic Bacteria

A Yang, J Song, J Li, Y Li, S Bai, C Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Addressing the global challenge of bacterial resistance demands innovative approaches,
among which multitargeting is a widely used strategy. Current strategies of multitargeting …

Dietary flavones as dual inhibitors of DNA methyltransferases and histone methyltransferases

R Kanwal, M Datt, X Liu, S Gupta - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Methylation of DNA and histone proteins are mutually involved in the epigenetic regulation
of gene expression mediated by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and histone …

Dimeric 1, 3-phenylene-bis (piperazinyl benzimidazole) s: synthesis and structure–activity investigations on their binding with human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA …

AK Jain, A Paul, B Maji, K Muniyappa… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Ligand-induced stabilization of G-quadruplex structures formed by the human telomeric
DNA is an active area of research. The compounds which stabilize the G-quadruplexes often …

Interaction of G-quadruplexes with nonintercalating duplex-DNA minor groove binding ligands

AK Jain, S Bhattacharya - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
The enzyme telomerase synthesizes the G-rich DNA strands of the telomere and its activity
is often associated with cancer. The telomerase may be therefore responsible for the ability …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorylation of the aggregate-forming protein alpha-synuclein on serine-129 inhibits its DNA-bending properties

SE Dent, DP King, VR Osterberg, EK Adams… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) is a vertebrate protein, normally found within the presynaptic nerve
terminal and nucleus, which is known to form somatic and neuritic aggregates in certain …

Structure–activity relationships of new inhibitors of breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2)

A Pick, H Müller, M Wiese - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
At the end of the last century tariquidar (XR9576) was synthesized, pharmacologically
investigated, and classified as a promising 3rd generation P-glycoprotein (P-gp) modulator …