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Cover Picture: Templated Ligand Environments for the Selective Incorporation of Different Metals into DNA (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2009)
Author(s) -
Yang Hua,
Rys Andrzej Z.,
McLaughlin Christopher K.,
Sleiman Hanadi F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200905811
Subject(s) - ligand (biochemistry) , metal , dna , cover (algebra) , redox , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , biochemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , receptor , mechanical engineering
DNA can template the formation of different ligand environments that are selective for their binding metals. H. F. Sleiman and co‐workers describe in their Communication on page 9919 ff. how placement of a metal in the incorrect DNA‐templated environment results in the occurrence of “error‐checking”: the metal can spontaneously adjust its redox state, displace another labile metal to form a more‐stable complex, or reorganize the coordination site to create a more‐favored complex.