Metallo-responsive switching between hexadecameric and octameric supramolecular G-quadruplexes.
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SUBMITTER: Martin-Hidalgo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3364541 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
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Metallo-responsive switching between hexadecameric and octameric supramolecular G-quadruplexes.
Martín-Hidalgo Mariana M Rivera José M JM
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20111021 46
We report the metallo-responsive high fidelity switching between hexadecameric and octameric supramolecular G-quadruplexes triggered by a change in the metal cation promoter from potassium to strontium, respectively. ...[more]
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