Search Results - "Murphy, Connor T"
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γPNA FRET Pair Miniprobes for Quantitative Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization to Telomeric DNA in Cells and Tissue
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (02-12-2017)“…Measurement of telomere length by fluorescent in situ hybridization is widely used for biomedical and epidemiological research, but there has been relatively…”
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Loop and Backbone Modifications of Peptide Nucleic Acid Improve G-Quadruplex Binding Selectivity
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (30-12-2009)“…Targeting guanine (G) quadruplex structures is an exciting new strategy with potential for controlling gene expression and designing anticancer agents…”
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Polymeric cGAMP microparticles affect the immunogenicity of a broadly active influenza mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine
Published in Journal of controlled release (01-08-2024)“…Influenza outbreaks are a major burden worldwide annually. While seasonal vaccines do provide protection against infection, they are limited in that they need…”
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Telomeres are partly shielded from ultraviolet-induced damage and proficient for nucleotide excision repair of photoproducts
Published in Nature communications (09-09-2015)“…Ultraviolet light induces cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) and pyrimidine(6–4)pyrimidone photoproducts, which interfere with DNA replication and…”
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Hybridization of G‑Quadruplex-Forming Peptide Nucleic Acids to Guanine-Rich DNA Templates Inhibits DNA Polymerase η Extension
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (19-08-2014)“…The guanine quadruplex (G-quadruplex) is a highly stable secondary structure that forms in G-rich repeats of DNA, which can interfere with DNA processes,…”
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DNA polymerase δ stalls on telomeric lagging strand templates independently from G-quadruplex formation
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-12-2013)“…Previous evidence indicates that telomeres resemble common fragile sites and present a challenge for DNA replication. The precise impediments to replication…”
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Cooperative hybridization of γPNA miniprobes to a repeating sequence motif and application to telomere analysis
Published in Organic & biomolecular chemistry (07-10-2014)“…GammaPNA oligomers having one or two repeats of the sequence AATCCC were designed to hybridize to DNA having one or more repeats of the complementary TTAGGG…”
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Kinetic discrimination in recognition of DNA quadruplex targets by guanine-rich heteroquadruplex-forming PNA probes
Published in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (14-08-2011)“…Guanine-rich peptide nucleic acid probes hybridize to DNA G quadruplex targets with high affinity, forming PNA-DNA heteroquadruplexes. We report a surprising…”
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Loop and Backbone Modifications of PNA Improve G-Quadruplex Binding Selectivity
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (30-12-2009)“…Targeting guanine (G) quadruplex structures is an exciting new strategy with potential for controlling gene expression and designing anticancer agents…”
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Optimization of Guanine Quadruplex-targeted Peptide Nucleic Acids
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