Correction: Diiridium(III) complexes: luminescent probes and sensors for G-quadruplex DNA and endoplasmic reticulum imaging

Abstract

Correction for ‘Diiridium(III) complexes: luminescent probes and sensors for G-quadruplex DNA and endoplasmic reticulum imaging’ by Tikum Florence Anjong et al., New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 377–386.

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The authors wish to highlight several previous studies,^1–5 which should have been cited in the Introduction of this New Journal of Chemistry paper. These references describe the use of inorganic compounds based on the G-quadruplex structure for DNA binding and detection.

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

References

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2. C. Rajput, R. Rutkaite, L. Swanson, I. Haq and J. A. Thomas, Dinuclear monointercalating Ru^II complexes that display high affinity binding to duplex and quadruplex DNA, Chem. – Eur. J., 2006, 12(17), 4611–4619.
3. M. R. Gill, J. Garcia-Lara, S. J. Foster, C. Smythe, G. Battaglia and J. A. Thomas, A ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex for direct imaging of DNA structure in living cells, Nat. Chem., 2009, 1(8), 662–667.
4. T. Wilson, M. P. Williamson and J. A. Thomas, Differentiating quadruplexes: binding preferences of a luminescent dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex with four-stranded DNA structures, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8(11), 2617–2621.
5. T. Wilson, P. J. Costa, V. Félix, M. P. Williamson and J. A. Thomas, Structural studies on dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes that bind diastereoselectively to an antiparallel folded human telomere sequence, J. Med. Chem., 2013, 56(21), 8674–8683.

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