Investigating the biological significance of metallointercalators with cDNA microarrays

Elise P. Wright, Victoria Lyons, Shaoyu Wang, Vincent J. Higgins

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    Abstract

    The double helix coded sequence of nucleotide bases with its protective sugar phosphate backbone forms deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which is the genetic blueprint of all living things. All the information required for the development, operation and maintenance of cells is contained in a sequence of adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G) bases, where adenine is paired with thymine and cytosine is paired with guanine [1]. The DNA sequence is made usable by transcription of the nucleotide sequence into single stranded messenger RNA (mRNA). This means that the four member nucleic acid base code sequence is converted into a 22 member amino acid code [2].
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMetallointercalators: Synthesis and Techniques to Probe Their Interactions with Biomolecules
    EditorsJanice R. Aldrich-Wright
    Place of PublicationU.S.
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages325-359
    Number of pages35
    ISBN (Electronic)9783211990797
    ISBN (Print)9783211094273
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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