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SUBMITTER: Angelbello AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810124 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Angelbello Alicia J AJ Disney Matthew D MD
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20171122 1
Noncoding RNAs are pervasive in cells and contribute to diseases such as cancer. A question in biomedical research is whether noncoding RNAs are targets of medicines. Bleomycin is a natural product that cleaves DNA; however, it is known to cleave RNA in vitro. Herein, an in-depth analysis of the RNA cleavage preferences of bleomycin A5 is presented. Bleomycin A5 prefers to cleave RNAs with stretches of AU base pairs. Based on these preferences and bioinformatic analysis, the microRNA-10b hairpin ...[more]