Guanine

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A phase II study of O6-benzylguanine and temozolomide in pediatric patients with recurrent or progressive high-grade gliomas and brainstem gliomas: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium study. 
  • A phase II trial of O6-benzylguanine and carmustine in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma. 
  • A phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of peldesine (BCX-34) cream as topical therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. 
  • Activity of temozolomide in the treatment of central nervous system tumor xenografts. 
  • Adenylosuccinate Is an Insulin Secretagogue Derived from Glucose-Induced Purine Metabolism. 
  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome for genes involved in the function of the nervous system. 
  • Biodistribution of O6-benzylguanine and its effectiveness against human brain tumor xenografts when given in polyethylene glycol or cremophor-EL. 
  • Brain tumor cell lines resistant to O6-benzylguanine/1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea chemotherapy have O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase mutations. 
  • CALGB 30704 (Alliance): A randomized phase II study to assess the efficacy of pemetrexed or sunitinib or pemetrexed plus sunitinib in the second-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Can O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase depletion enhance alkylator activity in the clinic? 
  • Characterization of long G4-rich enhancer-associated genomic regions engaging in a novel loop:loop 'G4 Kissing' interaction. 
  • Charge splitters and charge transport junctions based on guanine quadruplexes. 
  • Cisplatin versus carboplatin-based regimens for the treatment of patients with metastatic lung cancer. An analysis of Veterans Health Administration data. 
  • Concerning the mechanism of FSH action: rapid stimulation of testicular synthesis of nuclear RNA. 
  • Coordinate regulation of the proximal and distal steps of the pathway of purine synthesis de nono in WI-L2 human lymphoblasts. 
  • Correlation between Charge Transport and Base Excision Repair in the MutY-DNA Glycosylase. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation testing and first-line treatment with gefitinib for patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung. 
  • Crystal structure and sequence-dependent conformation of the A.G mispaired oligonucleotide d(CGCAAGCTGGCG). 
  • Crystal structure of the promutagen O4-methylthymidine: importance of the anti conformation of the O(4) methoxy group and possible mispairing of O4-methylthymidine with guanine. 
  • DNA chain length dependence of formation and dynamics of hMutSalpha.hMutLalpha.heteroduplex complexes. 
  • Defining best supportive care. 
  • Direct NMR Evidence that Transient Tautomeric and Anionic States in dG·dT Form Watson-Crick-like Base Pairs. 
  • Direct evidence for (G)O6···H2-N4(C)+ hydrogen bonding in transient G(syn)-C+ and G(syn)-m5C+ Hoogsteen base pairs in duplex DNA from cytosine amino nitrogen off-resonance R1ρ relaxation dispersion measurements. 
  • Dynamic basis for dG•dT misincorporation via tautomerization and ionization. 
  • Effect of O6-benzylguanine on nitrogen mustard-induced toxicity, apoptosis, and mutagenicity in Chinese hamster ovary cells. 
  • Engineering nanometre-scale coherence in soft matter. 
  • Enhanced catalytic DNAzyme for label-free colorimetric detection of DNA. 
  • Enhancement of melphalan activity by inhibition of DNA polymerase-alpha and DNA polymerase-beta. 
  • Enhancement of nitrosourea activity in medulloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Environmental Effects on Guanine-Thymine Mispair Tautomerization Explored with Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Free Energy Simulations. 
  • Escherichia coli mutY gene encodes an adenine glycosylase active on G-A mispairs. 
  • Escherichia coli mutY gene product is required for specific A-G----C.G mismatch correction. 
  • Essential role of an active-site guanine in glmS ribozyme catalysis. 
  • Gene markers in brain tumors: what the epileptologist should know. 
  • Gout and the regulation of purine biosynthesis. 
  • Guanine repeat-containing sequences confer transcription-dependent instability in an orientation-specific manner in yeast. 
  • Guanine to inosine substitution leads to large increases in the population of a transient G·C Hoogsteen base pair. 
  • Hepatitis B virus viral load and treatment decision. 
  • Human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors have low, cytokine-unresponsive O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase and are sensitive to O6-benzylguanine plus BCNU. 
  • Human MutSalpha recognizes damaged DNA base pairs containing O6-methylguanine, O4-methylthymine, or the cisplatin-d(GpG) adduct. 
  • Identification of the molybdenum cofactor of dimethyl sulfoxide reductase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans as bis(molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide)molybdenum. 
  • In vivo footprinting of the human alpha-globin locus upstream regulatory element by guanine and adenine ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction. 
  • Inactivation of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase by 8-substituted O6-benzylguanine analogs in mice. 
  • Infrared Spectroscopic Observation of a G-C+ Hoogsteen Base Pair in the DNA:TATA-Box Binding Protein Complex Under Solution Conditions. 
  • Intraarterial O6-benzylguanine enables the specific therapy of nitrosourea-resistant intracranial human glioma xenografts in athymic rats with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea. 
  • Lack of evidence for a polymorphism at codon 160 of human O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase gene in normal tissue and cancer. 
  • Mathematical modeling: epidemiology meets systems biology. 
  • Mechanism of corepressor-mediated specific DNA binding by the purine repressor. 
  • Metabolism of O6-benzylguanine, an inactivator of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. 
  • Mismatch repair-dependent iterative excision at irreparable O6-methylguanine lesions in human nuclear extracts. 
  • Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism A4917G is independently associated with age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Molecular imaging of alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase: further evaluation of radioiodinated derivatives of O6-benzylguanine. 
  • Nucleotide-promoted release of hMutSalpha from heteroduplex DNA is consistent with an ATP-dependent translocation mechanism. 
  • O6-3-[131I]iodobenzylguanine: improved synthesis and further evaluation of a potential agent for imaging of alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. 
  • O6-benzylguanine-mediated enhancement of chemotherapy. 
  • O6-benzylguanine-mediated enhancement of nitrosourea activity in Mer- central nervous system tumor xenografts--implications for clinical trials. 
  • PLP/DM20 ratio is regulated by hnRNPH and F and a novel G-rich enhancer in oligodendrocytes. 
  • Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Versus Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin According to Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Nonsquamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Biomarker-Stratified Randomized Phase II Trial. 
  • Pharmacogenomic strategies provide a rational approach to the treatment of cisplatin-resistant patients with advanced cancer. 
  • Phase 1 trial of temozolomide plus irinotecan plus O6-benzylguanine in adults with recurrent malignant glioma. 
  • Phase I study of a 3-drug regimen of gemcitabine/cisplatin/pemetrexed in patients with metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium. 
  • Phase I trial of O6-benzylguanine for patients undergoing surgery for malignant glioma. 
  • Phase I trial of carmustine plus O6-benzylguanine for patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. 
  • Phase I trial of single-dose temozolomide and continuous administration of o6-benzylguanine in children with brain tumors: a pediatric brain tumor consortium report. 
  • Phase I trial of temozolomide plus O6-benzylguanine 5-day regimen with recurrent malignant glioma. 
  • Phase I trial of temozolomide plus O6-benzylguanine for patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. 
  • Phase II trial of Gliadel plus O6-benzylguanine in adults with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Phase II trial of carmustine plus O(6)-benzylguanine for patients with nitrosourea-resistant recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. 
  • Phase II trial of pemetrexed-based induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiotherapy in previously irradiated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. 
  • Phase II trial of temozolomide plus o6-benzylguanine in adults with recurrent, temozolomide-resistant malignant glioma. 
  • Polymorphisms of phase II xenobiotic-metabolizing and DNA repair genes and in vitro N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced O6-ethylguanine levels in human lymphocytes. 
  • Protonated base pairs explain the ambiguous pairing properties of O6-methylguanine. 
  • Radioiodinated O(6)-Benzylguanine derivatives containing an azido function. 
  • Randomized phase II study of pemetrexed, carboplatin, and thoracic radiation with or without cetuximab in patients with locally advanced unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B trial 30407. 
  • Re-design of Rhodobacter sphaeroides dimethyl sulfoxide reductase. Enhancement of adenosine N1-oxide reductase activity. 
  • Regulation of de novo purine biosynthesis in human lymphoblasts. Coordinate control of proximal (rate-determining) steps and the inosinic acid branch point. 
  • Resolving the motional modes that code for RNA adaptation. 
  • Results of a phase II study of pemetrexed as first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Revisiting the Hole Size in Double Helical DNA with Localized Orbital Scaling Corrections. 
  • Robust IR-based detection of stable and fractionally populated G-C+ and A-T Hoogsteen base pairs in duplex DNA. 
  • Simultaneous determination of guanine, uric acid, hypoxanthine and xanthine in human plasma by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with amperometric detection. 
  • Site-specific monoubiquitination activates Ras by impeding GTPase-activating protein function. 
  • Structure of a Z-DNA with two different backbone chain conformations. Stabilization of the decadeoxyoligonucleotide d(CGTACGTACG) by [Co(NH3)6]3+ binding to the guanine. 
  • Structure-based redesign of corepressor specificity of the Escherichia coli purine repressor by substitution of residue 190. 
  • Targeting methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in the treatment of neuroblastoma. 
  • Tenofovir versus entecavir in lowering the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a critical systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • The C-terminal domain of the adenine-DNA glycosylase MutY confers specificity for 8-oxoguanine.adenine mispairs and may have evolved from MutT, an 8-oxo-dGTPase. 
  • The X-ray structure of the PurR-guanine-purF operator complex reveals the contributions of complementary electrostatic surfaces and a water-mediated hydrogen bond to corepressor specificity and binding affinity. 
  • The conserved dinucleotide AG of the 3' splice site may be recognized twice during in vitro splicing of mammalian mRNA precursors. 
  • The exon A (C77G) mutation is a common cause of abnormal CD45 splicing in humans. 
  • The hydrogen bonding of cytosine with guanine: calorimetric and 1H-nmr analysis of the molecular interactions of nucleic acid bases. 
  • The influence of DNA sequence on the immunostimulatory properties of plasmid DNA vectors. 
  • The kinetics of intramolecular distribution of 15N in uric acid after administration of (15N) glycine. A reappraisal of the significance of preferential labeling of N-(3+9) of uric acid in primary gout. 
  • The polymerase eta translesion synthesis DNA polymerase acts independently of the mismatch repair system to limit mutagenesis caused by 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine in yeast. 
  • The structural basis for the mutagenicity of O(6)-methyl-guanine lesions. 
  • Therapy of acute and fulminant hepatitis B. 
  • Topoisomerase I plays a critical role in suppressing genome instability at a highly transcribed G-quadruplex-forming sequence. 
  • Treatment of subcutaneous and intracranial brain tumor xenografts with O6-benzylguanine and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea. 
  • Ubiquitination-dependent proteolysis of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in human and murine tumor cells following inactivation with O6-benzylguanine or 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea. 
  • Variable temperature infrared spectroscopy of cytosine-guanine base pairs: tautomerism versus polarization. 
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  Keywords of People

  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Science & Society