title: Site-selective reactions of imperfectly matched DNA with small chemical molecules: applications in mutation detection.
abstract: The last decade has witnessed many exciting scientific publications associated with site-selective reactions of small chemical molecules with imperfectly matched DNA. Typical examples are carbodiimide, hydroxylamine, potassium permanganate, osmium tetroxide, chemical tagging probes, biotinylated, chemiluminescent and fluorescent probes, and all of them selectively react with imperfectly matched DNA. More recently, some therapeutic agents including DNA intercalating drugs and groove binders have been found to promote the in vivo repair system to recognize and repair the mismatch more effectively. The results have established a novel method for detection of mismatches. Development of new chemical reactions for detection of imperfectly matched DNA and mutations is a rapidly growing field and has attracted significant interest of scientists from both chemical and biological fields and it is the main focus of this review.
authors.affiliation: Genomic Disorders Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, 7th Floor, Daly Wing, 35 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Vic 3065, Melbourne, Australia. chinhbui@mail.medstv.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Chinh T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Kylee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Andreana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lambrinakos
authors.forename: Abdulkerim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedir
authors.forename: Richard G H
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Cotton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D002234:Carbodiimides / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004260:DNA Repair; D019811:Hydroxylamine / Q000737:chemistry; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007364:Intercalating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002234:Carbodiimides; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007364:Intercalating Agents; D009711:Nucleotides; D019811:Hydroxylamine; D004247:DNA