title: Using ancillary ligands to tune the DNA binding properties of self-assembled luminescent metallomacrocycles.
abstract: The optical response, binding parameters, and duplex DNA binding mode of water-soluble kinetically inert tetranuclear metallomacrocycles can all be controlled by judicious selection of ancillary ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. james.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Haslina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Dipesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Jim A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014783:Viscosity; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D008670:Metals; D014867:Water; D004247:DNA