MOLECULAR RECOGNITION OF NUCLEOSIDE BASES BY A METAL-COMPLEX - A NOVEL BIFUNCTIONALITY WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR METALLO-DRUG DESIGN

Authors
HOULTON A MINGOS DMP WILLIAMS DJ
Citation
A. Houlton et al., MOLECULAR RECOGNITION OF NUCLEOSIDE BASES BY A METAL-COMPLEX - A NOVEL BIFUNCTIONALITY WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR METALLO-DRUG DESIGN, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (4), 1994, pp. 503-504
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
503 - 504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1994):4<503:MRONBB>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The crystal and molecular structure of the co-complex of bis(dithiobiu reto)nickel(II) with uracil is reported and shows that 'base-pairing' is achieved via triple hydrogen bonding between the transition metal c omplex and the nucleoside base.