Interaction of a series of bimetallic ruthenium(II) bipyridyl complexes with DNA
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 9,p. 1013-1014
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960001013
Abstract
In contrast to [Ru(bipy)3]2+, the bimetallic ruthenium bipyridy1 complexes [(bipy)2RuII{Mebipy(CH2)nbipy Me}RuII(bipy)2]4+(n= 5,7) bind more strongly to DNA and can photosensitise DNA strand breaks even at high ionic strengths.Keywords
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