Interplay between Metal Ions and Nucleic Acids, 2012 Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series, Vol. 10

1. Characterization of Metal Ion-Nucleic Acid Interactions in Solution;Maria Pechlaner and Roland K. O. Sigel

2. Nucleic Acid-Metal Ion Interactions in the Solid State; Katsuyuki Aoki and Kazutaka Murayama

3. Metal Ion-Promoted Conformational Changes of Oligonucleotides; Bernhard Spingler

4. G-Quadruplexes and Metal Ions; Nancy H. Campbell and Stephen Neidle

5. Metal Ion-Mediated DNA-Protein Interactions; Barbara Zambelli, Francesco Musiani, and Stefano Ciurli

6. Spectroscopic Investigations of Lanthanide Ion Binding to Nucleic Acids; Janet R. Morrow and Christopher M. Andolina

7. Oxidative DNA Damage Mediated by Transition Metal Ions and Their Complexes; Geneviève Pratviel

8. Metal Ion-Dependent DNAzymes and Their Applications as Biosensors; Tian Lan and Yi Lu

9. Enantioselective Catalysis at the DNA Scaffold; Almudena García-Fernández and Gerard Roelfes

10. Alternative DNA Base Pairing through Metal Coordination; Guido H. Clever and Mitsuhiko Shionoya

11. Metal-Mediated Base Pairs in Nucleic Acids with Purine- and Pyrimidine-Derived Nucleosides; Dominik A. Megger, Nicole Megger, and Jens Müller

12. Metal Complex Derivatives of Peptide Nucleic Acids; Roland Krämer and Andrij Mokhir

Provides an up-to-date information on nucleic acid-metal ion interactions

Indicates future developments (nanotechnology) involving DNA and RNA

Valuable for teaching courses in Inorganic Biochemistry

Describes the analytical tools needed in nucleic acid chemistry

Describes comprehensively DNAzymes

Describes the technology of DNA