Binding mechanism of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic drug mitoxantrone to DNA characterized by magnetic tweezers
Abstract Background Chemotherapeutic agents (anti-cancer drugs) are small cytostatic or cytotoxic molecules that often bind to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) resulting in modifications of their structural and nanomechanical properties and thus interfering with the cell proliferation process. Methods We...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Nanobiotechnology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12951-018-0381-y |