Molecular Recognition of a Three‐Way DNA Junction by a Metallosupramolecular Helicate

Aneta Oleksi, Alexandre G. Blanco, Roeland Boer, Isabel Usón, Joan Aymamı́, Alison Rodger, Michael J. Hannon, Miquel Coll

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2006 · 301 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

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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