Malaria chemotherapeutics part I: History of antimalarial drug development, currently used therapeutics, and drugs in clinical development

M Schlitzer - ChemMedChem: Chemistry Enabling Drug …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Since ancient times, humankind has had to struggle against the persistent onslaught of
pathogenic microorganisms. Nowadays, malaria is still the most important infectious disease …

Simulation and modeling of nucleic acid structure, dynamics and interactions

TE Cheatham III - Current opinion in structural biology, 2004 - Elsevier
In moving towards the simulation of larger nucleic acid assemblies over longer timescales
that include more accurate representations of the environment, we are nearing the end of an …

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 …

Novel amidines and analogues as promising agents against intracellular parasites: a systematic review

MNC Soeiro, K Werbovetz, DW Boykin, WD Wilson… - Parasitology, 2013 - cambridge.org
Parasitic protozoa comprise diverse aetiological agents responsible for important diseases
in humans and animals including sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis …

Dications that target the DNA minor groove: compound design and preparation, DNA interactions, cellular distribution and biological activity

WD Wilson, B Nguyen, FA Tanious… - … -Anti-Cancer Agents, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Fluorescence microscopy of trypanosomes from drug treated mice shows that biologically
active heterocyclic diamidines that target the DNA minor groove bind rapidly and specifically …

Binding of DNA with Rhodamine B: Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies

MM Islam, M Chakraborty, P Pandya, A Al Masum… - Dyes and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Binding of Rhodamine B to Calf thymus DNA (CT DNA) was studied using various
biophysical techniques and molecular docking method. Circular dichroic studies revealed …

A role for water molecules in DNA− ligand minor groove recognition

B Nguyen, S Neidle, WD Wilson - Accounts of chemical research, 2009 - ACS Publications
Targeting the minor groove of DNA through binding to a small molecule has long been
considered an important molecular-recognition strategy in biology. A wide range of synthetic …

Survey of the year 2004 commercial optical biosensor literature

RL Rich, DG Myszka - Journal of Molecular Recognition: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2004 represents a milestone for the biosensor research community: in this year,
over 1000 articles were published describing experiments performed using commercially …

Nucleic acid solvation: from outside to insight

P Auffinger, Y Hashem - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Nucleic acids are polyanionic molecules that were historically considered to be solely
surrounded by a shell of water molecules and a neutralizing cloud of monovalent and …

Aromatic diamidines as antiparasitic agents

MNC Soeiro, EM De Souza, CE Stephens… - Expert opinion on …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Parasitic infections are widespread in developing countries and frequently associated with
immunocompromised patients in developed countries. Consequently, such infections are …