Enzyme mimics: advances and applications

E Kuah, S Toh, J Yee, Q Ma… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme mimics or artificial enzymes are a class of catalysts that have been actively pursued
for decades and have heralded much interest as potentially viable alternatives to natural …

Artificial metallonucleases

F Mancin, P Scrimin, P Tecilla… - Chemical Communications, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of synthetic agents able to hydrolytically cleave DNA with high efficiency
and selectivity is a fascinating challenge that will show the way to obtaining artificial …

DNA Binding Studies of Novel Copper(II) Complexes Containing l-Tryptophan as Chiral Auxiliary:  In Vitro Antitumor Activity of Cu−Sn2 Complex in Human …

M Chauhan, K Banerjee, F Arjmand - Inorganic chemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
Novel trinuclear complexes C23H31N6O6CuSn2Cl5 [1], C23H31N6O6CuZr2Cl5 [2],
C23H31N6O6ZnSn2Cl5 [3], and C23H31N6O6ZnZr2Cl5 [4] were synthesized and …

Progress in artificial metallonucleases

F Mancin, P Scrimin, P Tecilla - Chemical Communications, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of synthetic agents able to hydrolytically cleave DNA with high efficiency
and selectivity is still a fascinating challenge. Over the years, many examples have been …

Artificial metalloenzymes as selective catalysts in aqueous media

J Steinreiber, TR Ward - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The fusion of homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis has recently drawn attention due to
reported novel activities and high selectivities. The incorporation of metal-catalysts into …

Artificial DNA cutters for DNA manipulation and genome engineering

Y Aiba, J Sumaoka, M Komiyama - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review provides recent developments in artificial cutters for site-selective
scission of DNA with the focus on chemistry-based DNA cutters. They are useful tools for …

Biological activity and biotechnological aspects of peptide nucleic acid

KE Lundin, L Good, R Strömberg, A Gräslund… - Advances in …, 2006 - Elsevier
During the latest decades a number of different nucleic acid analogs containing natural
nucleobases on a modified backbone have been synthesized. An example of this is peptide …

DNA‐Targeted Metallodrugs: An Untapped Source of Artificial Gene Editing Technology

NZ Fantoni, T Brown, A Kellett - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA binding metal complexes are synonymous with anticancer drug discovery. Given the
array of structural and chemical reactivity properties available through careful design, metal …

Molecular drug design, synthesis and crystal structure determination of CuII–SnIV heterobimetallic core: DNA binding and cleavage studies

F Arjmand, S Parveen, M Afzal, L Toupet… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel heterobimetallic CuII–SnIV complex 1 bearing bioactive 1, 10-phenanthroline
pharmacophore ligand scaffold was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis …

Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs), a chemical overview

A Porcheddu, G Giacomelli - Current medicinal chemistry, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a nucleic acid analogue and a fully synthetic DNA/RNA-
recognising ligand with a neutral peptide-like backbone. In spite of the large change on the …