Trinucleotide repeat expansions fold into long, stable hairpins and cause a variety of incurable RNA gain-of-function diseases such as Huntington's disease, the myotonic dystrophies, and spinocerebellar ataxias. One approach for treating these diseases is to bind small molecules to the structured RNAs. Both Huntington's disease-like 2 (HDL2) and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) are caused by a r(CUG) repeat expansion, or r(CUG) ^(exp) . The RNA folds into a hairpin structure with a periodic array...
CryoEM to usurp NMR? Small molecules succumb
CryoEM to usurp NMR? Small molecules succumb
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/common/images/thumbnails/167072a21f4.jpgNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been an invaluable tool for fifty years allowing chemists and others to figure out the structures of a vast range of molecules based on inferring connectivity between the atoms particular in small organic molecules. Now, that relative upstart technique electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) has been used to provide routine and unambiguous structural determination of small organic molecules that one might see as augmenting NMR...
MRC Special Issue on NMR of small molecules in anisotropic media
MRC Special Issue on NMR of small molecules in anisotropic media
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/common/images/thumbnails/13c3df44525.jpgWithin this supplement issue of the international journal, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, experts publish their new NMR methodologies for the analysis of small organic molecules oriented in weak alignment media. An emerging field with room for new discoveries and developments, readers will be inspired to bring this knowledge into their everyday work.
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[Question from NMRWiki Q&A forum] software for 1D-2D spectra assignment for small molecules
software for 1D-2D spectra assignment for small molecules
Please advice good software for 1D and 2D spectra assignment and structure elucidation,for small organic molecules.I'm really tired of doing these assignments on printed-out spectra with color pencils.
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05-23-2011 09:56 PM
Small molecules against Ebola: NMR reveals drug leads
Small molecules against Ebola: NMR reveals drug leads
There is neither vaccine nor cure for the Ebola virus, which causes fatal haemorrhagic fever in humans. However, a new NMR spectroscopic study by US researchers scientists has led to the discovery of a family of small molecules that apparently bind to the outer protein coat of the virus and halt its entry into human cells, so offering the possibility of an antiviral medication against the disease.
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02-15-2011 09:12 AM
Small molecules may prevent ebola infection - PhysOrg.com
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Small molecules may prevent ebola infection
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Exactly how and where these small molecules bind to the virus's protein coat is now being determined through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, ...
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