Shogo Sasaki

Shogo Sasaki


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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 January 2019 in Molecules
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YMYue Ma
Yue Ma
KIKeisuke Iida
Keisuke Iida
SSShogo Sasaki
Shogo Sasaki
THTakatsugu Hirokawa
Takatsugu Hirokawa
BHBrahim Heddi
Brahim Heddi
KNKazuo Nagasawa
Kazuo Nagasawa
G-quadruplexes (G4s), which are structures formed in guanine-rich regions of DNA, are involved in a variety of significant biological functions, and therefore “sequence-dependent” selective G4-stabilizing agents are required as tools to investigate and modulate these functions. Here, we describe the synthesis of a new series of macrocyclic hexaoxazole-type G4 ligand (6OTD) bearing three side chains. One of these ligands, 5b, stabilizes telomeric G4 preferentially over the G4-forming DNA sequences of c-kit and K-ras, due to the interaction of its piperazinylalkyl side chain with the groove of telomeric G4.