Synthesis and DNA cleavage activity of a bifunctional intercalator-linked copper(II) macrocycle.
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SUBMITTER: Tseng TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5989323 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
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Synthesis and DNA cleavage activity of a bifunctional intercalator-linked copper(II) macrocycle.
Tseng Ta-Sheng Andrew TS Burstyn Judith N JN
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20081027 46
An intercalator-linked macrocycle 3,6-bis(dimethylamino)-10-(6-[1,4,7-triazacyclononane]hexyl) acridinium bromide was synthesized, its copper(ii) complex was prepared, and the DNA cleavage activity of this metal complex was compared to that of the intercalator-free (Cu[9]aneN(3))(2+) complex. ...[more]
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