Single-stranded nucleic acid-induced helical self-assembly of alkynylplatinum (II) terpyridyl complexes

C Yu, KHY Chan, KMC Wong… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Single-stranded nucleic acids, which carry multiple negative charges in an aqueous medium
at near neutral pH, are found to induce the aggregation and self-assembly of the positively …

Self-assembly of luminescent alkynylplatinum (II) terpyridyl complexes: modulation of photophysical properties through aggregation behavior

KMC Wong, VWW Yam - Accounts of chemical research, 2011 - ACS Publications
Complexes of platinum (II) with polypyridine (that is, the multidentate ligands related to
pyridine, such as bipyridine or terpyridine) have rich photophysical properties. These …

Nucleic acid-induced self-assembly of a platinum (II) terpyridyl complex: detection of G-quadruplex formation and nuclease activity

C Yu, KHY Chan, KMC Wong, VWW Yam - Chemical communications, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleic acid-induced self-assembly of a platinum( ii ) terpyridyl complex: detection of G-quadruplex
formation and nuclease activity - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B903080H …

Polymer‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes by Metal⋅⋅⋅Metal/π⋅⋅⋅π Interactions

C Yu, KMC Wong, KHY Chan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The intriguing structures and bonding properties of squareplanar platinum (ii) complexes
have attracted long-standing interest,[1] and more-so recently with the growing interest in the …

Synthesis and DNA conformational changes of non-covalent polynuclear platinum complexes

Y Qu, A Harris, A Hegmans, A Petz… - Journal of inorganic …, 2004 - Elsevier
Polynuclear platinum compounds demonstrate many novel phenomena in their interactions
with DNA and proteins as well as novel anti-cancer activities. Previous studies indicated that …

4-Picoline-2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine-platinum (II)—A potent intercalator of DNA

A McCoubrey, HC Latham, PR Cook, A Rodger… - Febs Letters, 1996 - Elsevier
4-Picoline-2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine-platinum (II) is shown in a ligation assay to unwind
and so intercalate into DNA. Circular dichroism is used to determine an equilibrium binding …

Direct Evidence for Preassociation Preceding Covalent Binding in the Reaction of cis-[Pt(NH3)2(H2O)2]2+ with Surface Immobilized Oligonucleotides

Y Wang, N Farrell, JD Burgess - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Herein it is demonstrated that Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) electrodes modified with
single stranded oligonucleotides can be used to study preassociation (ie, electrostatic …

Characterization of the bisintercalative DNA binding mode of a bifunctional platinum–acridine agent

JR Choudhury, U Bierbach - Nucleic acids research, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The DNA interactions of PT-BIS (ACRAMTU)([Pt (en)(ACRAMTU) 2](NO3) 4; ACRAMTU= 1-
[2-(acridin-9-ylamino) ethyl]-1, 3-dimethylthiourea, en= ethylenediamine), a bifunctional …

Structural investigation into the threading intercalation of a chiral dinuclear ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complex through a B-DNA oligonucleotide

SD Fairbanks, CC Robertson, FR Keene… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Herein we report the separation of the three stereoisomers of the DNA light-switch
compound [{Ru (bpy) 2} 2 (tpphz)] 4+(tpphz= tetrapyrido [3, 2-a: 2′, 3′-c: 3 ″, 2 ″-h: 2 …

The design and synthesis of bis-[4′-azido-2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine platinum (II)] complexes with rigid and extended linkers for studying the topology of DNA by …

G Lowe, AS Droz, JJ Park, GW Weaver - Bioorganic Chemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
A family of bis-[4′-Azido-2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine platinum (II)] complexes with linear
linkers of varying length have been synthesized. They have been designed to bis-intercalate …