1st Edition

Nucleoside Triphosphates and their Analogs Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Biological Applications

Edited By Morteza Vaghefi Copyright 2005
408 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

408 Pages
by CRC Press

Used extensively in cellular and molecular biology research and cytogenetic applications, nucleotide analogs are currently available for the treatment of various diseases. Nucleoside Triphosphate and Their Analogs: Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Biological Applications features the contributions of 18 scientists from both academia and industry in the first complete source dedicated entirely to... Read more
Chemical Synthesis of Nucleoside 5'-Triphosphate, Morteza M. Vaghefi
Enzymatic Synthesis of Nucleoside Triphosphates, Staffan Eriksson
Synthesis and Properties of NTP Analogs with Modified Triphosphate Chains, Inna Koukhareva, Morteza Vaghefi, and Alexandre Lebedev
Chemical Synthesis of Oligonuceotide Triphosphates, Morteza M. Vaghefi
Solid State Structures of Nucleoside Triphosphate Metal Complexes, Katsuyuki Aoki and Ikuhide Fujisawa
DNA Polymerases and Their Interactions with DNA and Nucleotides, Allison A. Johnson, Kevin A. Fiala, and Zucai Suo
RNA Polymerases, Wissam Abdel-Gawad, Seng-Lai Tan, and Zucai Suo
Reverse Transcriptases, Louise Wang and Zucai Suo
Base-Modified Nucloside Triphosphates: Chemistry and Biological Applications, Stephen G. Will and Veeraiah Bodepudi
Nucleoside Triphosphate Analogs for Nonradioactive Labeling of Nucleic Acids, Glenn H. McGall
Antiviral Drugs: Triphosphates of Nucleoside Analogues Active as Antiviral Drugs, Erik De Clercq
Other Drug Applications, Joy Y. Feng and Phillip A. Furman
Appendix: Phosphorus Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shifts of Nucleotide Derivatives and Some Related Organophosphorus Compounds, Morteza M. Vaghefi
Index

Biography

Morteza Vaghefi

"…the book is a clear success and represents an excellent and valuable treatise on nucleoside triphosphates. It is a must for all active chemists and researchers interested in the field of nucleoside and nucleotide analogues as potential chemotherapeutic agents. It would be a good acquisition for both personal and institutional libraries…"
-ChemBioChem, Vol. 7, No. 2, Feb. 2006