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Complete, up-to-date coverage of the broad area of nucleic acid chemistry and biology Assembling contributions from a collection of authors with expertise in all areas of nucleic acids, medicinal chemistry, and therapeutic applications, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids presents a thorough overview of nucleic acid chemistry—a rapidly evolving and highly challenging discipline directly responsible for the development of antiviral and antitumor drugs. This reliable resource delves into a multitude of subject areas involving the study of nucleic acids—such as the new advances in genome sequencing, and the processes for creating RNA interference (RNAi) based drugs—to assist pharmaceutical researchers in removing roadblocks that hinder their ability to predict drug efficacy. Offering the latest cutting-edge science in this growing field, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids includes: In-depth coverage of the development and application of modified nucleosides and nucleotides in medicinal chemistry A close look at a large range of current topics on nucleic acid chemistry and biology Essential information on the use of nucleic acid drugs to treat diseases like cancer A thorough exploration of siRNA for RNAi and the regulation of microRNA, non-coding RNA (ncRNA), a newly developing and exciting research area Thorough in its approach and promising in its message, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids probes the new domains of pharmaceutical research—and exposes readers to a wealth of new drug discovery opportunities emerging in the dynamic field of nucleic acid chemistry.

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Author:   Lihe Zhang ,  Zhen Xi ,  Jyoti Chattopadhyaya ,  Sidney M. Hecht
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.776kg
ISBN:  

9780470596685

ISBN 10:   0470596686
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   30 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

FOREWORD vii CONTRIBUTORS xi INTRODUCTION xv 1 RECENT ADVANCES IN CARBOCYCLIC NUCLEOSIDES: SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY 1 Jianing Wang, Ravindra K. Rawal, and Chung K. Chu 2 STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS MODIFIED WITH S, Se, AND Te AND COMPLEXED WITH SMALL MOLECULES 101 Wen Zhang, Jia Sheng, and Zhen Huang 3 UNRAVELING OF THE NAD CYCLIZING AND CALCIUM SIGNALING FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN CD38 142 Hon Cheung Lee 4 DNA AND RNA BINDING SMALL MOLECULES 164 Shibo Li and Zhen Xi 5 G-QUADRUPLEX DNA AND ITS LIGANDS IN ANTICANCER THERAPY 206 Zhi-Shu Huang, Jia-Heng Tan, Tian-Miao Ou, Ding Li, and Lian-Quan Gu 6 MOLECULAR MODELING IN NUCLEIC ACID-TARGETED DRUG DESIGN 258 Lidan Sun, Hongwei Jin, Liangren Zhang, and Lihe Zhang 7 STRUCTURE OF 10–23 DNAzyme IN COMPLEX WITH THE TARGET RNA IN SILICO—A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE MECHANISM OF RNA CLEAVAGE BY DNA ENZYME 272 Oleksandr Plashkevych and Jyoti Chattopadhyaya 8 LABELING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TOWARD THE BIOMEDICAL PROBE 292 Il Joon Lee and Byeang Hyean Kim 9 LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TOWARD CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 335 Rakesh N. Veedu and Jesper Wengel 10 THE PHARMACOKINETICS RESEARCH OF NUCLEIC ACID DRUGS 349 Shengqi Wang, Dandan Lu, Qingqing Wang, Haifeng Song, Chan Gao, Caihong Liu, and Ying Wang 11 INDUCIBLE RNAi AND DRUG TARGET VALIDATION 390 Wei Xiong, Jing Zhao, Yufan Zhang, Jinxi Wang, Yong-Xiang Zheng, Qiu-Chen He, Li-He Zhang, and De-Min Zhou 12 siRNA: THE SPECIFICITY AND OFF-TARGET EFFECTS 405 Quan Du, Huang Huang, and Zicai Liang INDEX 423

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The book gives a good overview on some aspects of current research in the field. ... For those in the field seeking inspiration, it is a good book. (ChemMedChem, 2012)

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For those in the field seeking inspiration, it is a good book. For those who want a comprehensive overview of the subject, it is probably too eclectic. (ChemMedChem, 2012)

Author Information

LI-HE ZHANG is President of the academic committee of State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, as well as Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Peking University. He is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, former vice president of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, and past president of the Asian Federation of Medicinal Chemistry. ZHEN XI, PhD, is Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, as well as Professor of Pesticide Science and Chemical Biology, and Vice Dean of the College of Chemistry at Nankai University. He holds seven patents and has written a number of reviews and book chapters and sixty-four original research articles. JYOTI CHATTOPADHYAYA, PhD, DSc, is the University Chair of Bioorganic Chemistry and the chair of the Chemical Biology Program at Uppsala University. He is a guest professor of chemistry at both Jilin University and Nankai University. He has written over 410 peer-reviewed original research articles and is also on the editorial boards of several international journals.

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