Journal article

Sequence-specific fluorometric recognition of HIV-1 ds-DNA with zwitterionic zinc(II)-carboxylate polymers.

Bin Sun, Hai-Qing Zhao, Bao-Ping Xie, Li-Ping Bai, Zhi-Hong Jiang, Jin-Xiang Chen

J Inorg Biochem | Elsevier BV | Published : 2017

Abstract

Four water-stable zwitterionic zinc-carboxylate polymers are prepared by reacting N-carboxymethyl-(3,5-dicarboxy)-pyridinium bromide (H3CmdcpBr) with zinc(II) nitrate in the presence of NaOH, through adjusting the solvents and ancillary ligands. With H2O as the solvent and the absence of an ancillary ligand, a two-dimensional (2D) polymer network [Zn(Cmdcp)(H2O)]n (1) is formed. In a mixed H2O/DMF solvent and with the presence of chelating ligands 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and 2-(4-pyridyl)benzimidazole (pbz), a one-dimensional (1D) polymer of {[Zn2(Cmdcp)(bipy)2(H2O)5](NO3)2·3H2O}n (2), a mononuclear ionic species of [Zn(phen)(H2O)4][Cmdcp] (3), and a 2D polymer of ..

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Awarded by Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation


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Awarded by Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology of China


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council (TWH and EJN; DP150103369), Research Training Program scholarships (MEG, KY) and the Westpac Bicentennial Foundation (EJN). APG and BRR are supported by the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Mental Health, an Australian Government initiative, the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Scheme (with Agilent Technologies), and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Program. We thank Nicholas Proschogo for assistance with ICP-MS measurements, and acknowledge the facilities of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility at the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM) at the University of Sydney.