How Divalent Cations Interact with the Internal Channel Site of Guanine Quadruplexes.

Chemphyschem

Department of Theoretical Chemistry, and, Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modelling, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Published: November 2021

The front cover artwork is provided by the TheoCheM group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The image shows that guanine quadruplexes have a stronger binding affinity for divalent cations than monovalent cations. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/cphc.202100529.

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