title: A dizinc complex for selective fluorescence sensing of uridine and uridine-containing dinucleotides.
abstract: A dizinc complex with a polyamine macrocycle is able to selectively bind and sense uridine (U) as well as the uridine-containing ribodinucleotides U(3'-5')pU and U(3'-5')pA, thanks to an exciplex emission arising from a pi-stacked complex involving the dipyridine unit and Zn(II)-bound uridine moieties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019-Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bazzicalupi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bencini
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bussotti
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berni
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faggi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foggi
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapini
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcelli
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Valtancoli
mesh_terms: D005453:Fluorescence; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014529:Uridine / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009711:Nucleotides; D015032:Zinc; D014529:Uridine