Molbank (Nov 2009)

Zinc(II)-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(α-pyridino-m-tolyl)porphyrin Tetrabromide

  • Satoshi Fujii,
  • Tadayuki Uno,
  • Yoshinobu Ishikawa,
  • Takeshi Yamashita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/M637
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2009, no. 4
p. M637

Abstract

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Cationic porphyrins interact strongly with guanine quadruplex (G-quadruplex) DNA. We report the preparation of the zinc(II) complex of a porphyrin bearing cationic side arms, zinc(II)-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(α-pyridino-m-tolyl)porphyrin tetrabromide (ZnmPy), as a novel probe for the analysis of G-quadruplex/porphyrin interaction.

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