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2: Munde M, Kumar A, Nhili R, Depauw S, David-Cordonnier MH, Ismail MA, Stephens CE, Farahat AA, Batista-Parra A, Boykin DW, Wilson WD. DNA minor groove induced dimerization of heterocyclic cations: compound structure, binding affinity, and specificity for a TTAA site. J Mol Biol. 2010 Oct 8;402(5):847-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.018. Epub 2010 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 20713062; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2988403.
3: Peixoto P, Liu Y, Depauw S, Hildebrand MP, Boykin DW, Bailly C, Wilson WD, David-Cordonnier MH. Direct inhibition of the DNA-binding activity of POU transcription factors Pit-1 and Brn-3 by selective binding of a phenyl-furan-benzimidazole dication. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jun;36(10):3341-53. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn208. Epub 2008 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 18440973; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2425483.
4: Tanious F, Wilson WD, Wang L, Kumar A, Boykin DW, Marty C, Baldeyrou B, Bailly C. Cooperative dimerization of a heterocyclic diamidine determines sequence-specific DNA recognition. Biochemistry. 2003 Nov 25;42(46):13576-86. PubMed PMID: 14622004.
5: Lansiaux A, Dassonneville L, Facompré M, Kumar A, Stephens CE, Bajic M, Tanious F, Wilson WD, Boykin DW, Bailly C. Distribution of furamidine analogues in tumor cells: influence of the number of positive charges. J Med Chem. 2002 May 9;45(10):1994-2002. PubMed PMID: 11985467.
6: Wang L, Kumar A, Boykin DW, Bailly C, Wilson WD. Comparative thermodynamics for monomer and dimer sequence-dependent binding of a heterocyclic dication in the DNA minor groove. J Mol Biol. 2002 Mar 29;317(3):361-74. PubMed PMID: 11922670.
7: Bailly C, Tardy C, Wang L, Armitage B, Hopkins K, Kumar A, Schuster GB, Boykin DW, Wilson WD. Recognition of ATGA sequences by the unfused aromatic dication DB293 forming stacked dimers in the DNA minor groove. Biochemistry. 2001 Aug 21;40(33):9770-9. PubMed PMID: 11502170.
8: Wang L, Carrasco C, Kumar A, Stephens CE, Bailly C, Boykin DW, Wilson WD. Evaluation of the influence of compound structure on stacked-dimer formation in the DNA minor groove. Biochemistry. 2001 Feb 27;40(8):2511-21. PubMed PMID: 11327873.
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