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Title: Playing supramolecular dominoes with light: building and breaking a photoreversible G-quadruplex made from guanosine, boric acid and an azobenzene

Journal Article · · Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ob00193j· OSTI ID:1610392
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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; v. S. Giacomo; 11-40126 Bologna; Italy
  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente; Università Politecnica delle Marche; 60131 Ancona; Italy
  3. Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Maryland; College Park; USA

Addition of an azo dye triggers a cascade of photoreversible intermolecular recognition processes in a mixture of simple guanosine derivatives.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-98ER14888
OSTI ID:
1610392
Journal Information:
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Vol. 17, Issue 10; ISSN 1477-0520
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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