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Molecular recognition of parallel quadruplex [d-(TTGGGGT)]<sub>4</sub> by mitoxantrone: binding with 1 : 4 stoichiometry leads to telomerase inhibition

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Abstract

NMR and CD studies show that anti-cancer drug mitoxantrone (MTX) binds to parallel G-quadruplex DNA [d-(TTGGGGT)<sub>4</sub>] as stacked dimer at grooves leading to increase in thermal stabilization of DNA by ~25 °C and inhibits telomerase with IC<sub>50</sub> = 2 μM.

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