Interplay between Metal Ions and Nucleic Acids

• 1. Characterization of Metal Ion-Nucleic Acid Interactions in Solution. - 2. Nucleic Acid-Metal Ion Interactions in the Solid State. - 3. Metal Ion-Promoted Conformational Changes of Oligonucleotides. - 4. G-Quadruplexes and Metal Ions. - 5. Metal Ion-Mediated DNA-Protein Interactions. - 6. Spectroscopic Investigations of Lanthanide Ion Binding to Nucleic Acids. - 7. Oxidative DNA Damage Mediated by Transition Metal Ions and Their Complexes. - 8. Metal Ion-Dependent DNAzymes and Their Applications as Biosensors. - 9. Enantioselective Catalysis at the DNA Scaffold. - 10. Alternative DNA Base Pairing through Metal Coordination. - 11. Metal-Mediated Base Pairs in Nucleic Acids with Purine- and Pyrimidine-Derived Nucleosides. - 12. Metal Complex Derivatives of Peptide Nucleic Acids.

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