Rapid and highly base selective RNA cleavage by a dinuclear Cu(II) complex

1 January 1999

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

No. 7,p. 587-588
https://doi.org/10.1039/a808195f

Abstract

A bis-Cu(II) complex based on a covalently linked terpyridine and bipyridine ligand system is shown to rapidly cleave bis-ribonucleotides with remarkable selectivity for adenine bases.

Keywords

CLEAVE BIS
BASE SELECTIVE
COMPLEX BASED
REMARKABLE SELECTIVITY
LIGAND SYSTEM
RNA CLEAVAGE
DINUCLEAR CU
BIS CU
BIPYRIDINE LIGAND

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