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Molecular Recognition of a Three-Way DNA Junction by a Metallosupramolecular Helicate†

  1. Aneta Oleksi Dr.2,
  2. Alexandre G. Blanco2,
  3. Roeland Boer Dr.2,
  4. Isabel Usón Prof.3,
  5. Joan Aymamí Dr.4,
  6. Alison Rodger Professor5,
  7. Michael J. Hannon Professor1,
  8. Miquel Coll Professor2

Article first published online: 6 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503822

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 45, Issue 8, pages 1227–1231, February 13, 2006

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Oleksi, A., Blanco, A. G., Boer, R., Usón, I., Aymamí, J., Rodger, A., Hannon, M. J. and Coll, M. (2006), Molecular Recognition of a Three-Way DNA Junction by a Metallosupramolecular Helicate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45: 1227–1231. doi: 10.1002/anie.200503822

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, Fax: (+44) 121-414-7871

  2. 2

    Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC and Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1–5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Fax: (+34) 93-403-4979

  3. 3

    Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC and Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

  4. 4

    Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

  5. 5

    Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

  1. †

    This work was supported by an EU Marie Curie Research Training Network (HPRN-CT-2002-00175) and by grants (to M.C.) from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia and the Generalitat de Catalunya. M.J.H. is the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellow 2004-5. A.G.B. is the recipient of a fellowship from the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. We thank Dr. J. Kerckhoffs and J. Peberdy for helicate synthesis.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 FEB 2006
  2. Article first published online: 6 FEB 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 28 OCT 2005
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Corrigendum: Molecular Recognition of a Three-Way DNA Junction by a Metallosupramolecular Helicate

Vol. 45, Issue 12, 1834, Article first published online: 6 MAR 2006

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Keywords:

  • bioinorganic chemistry;
  • biosupramolecular chemistry;
  • DNA recognition;
  • DNA structures;
  • helical structures
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Three point turn: A metallosupramolecular helicate with trigonal-antiprismatic geometry fits perfectly into the central hydrophobic cavity of a three-way DNA junction allowing a new mode of DNA recognition.

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