title: Interactions of ruthenium coordination cubes with DNA.
abstract: The interactions of four octacationic ruthenium coordination cubes with duplex and quadruplex (telomeric and c-myc) DNA have been studied by FID and SPR, showing these cubes to bind strongly to tetrastranded DNA structures.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, 51 Avenue de Bellevaux, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nicolas P E
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Nurul H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Abd Karim
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Therrien
mesh_terms: D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D054856:G-Quadruplexes; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012428:Ruthenium; D004247:DNA