Fu Annie Yuen Yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.iii / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- BACKGROUND INFORMATION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Deoxyribonucleic Acid --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Nomenclature and Symbols --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Torsion Angles --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Conformation --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- DNA Studies --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Base --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Base-Pair --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Summary --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Cisplatin Studies --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Reaction --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Cisplatin-DNA Products --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Summary --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Scope of This Thesis --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- COMPUTATION AND METHODOLOY --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Hartree-Fock Approximation --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3 --- Geometry Optimization --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Molecular Orbital (MO) Calculation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5 --- Verification of Methodology --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Backbone Torsion Angles --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- N7-N7 Distance --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Location of HOMO --- p.30 / Chapter 2.6 --- Summary --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- UNDERSTANDING OF THE CISPLATIN-DNA CROSSLINKS --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- MO Analysis --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3 --- Potential Binding Sites of DNA --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- "1,2-d(GpG) Intrastrand Crosslink" --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- "l,2-d(ApG) Intrastrand Crosslink" --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- "l,3-d(GpXpG) Intrastrand Crosslink" --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- d(GpC)d(GpC) Interstrand Crosslink --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- d(GpXpC)d(GpXpC) Interstrand Crosslink --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Summary --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4 --- Empirical Selection Rule --- p.44 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Convention --- p.44 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Selection of Potential HOMO Location (or Active Site) --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Selection of Potential HOMO-Nearby Active Site --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Applications --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5 --- Cisplatin --- p.51 / Chapter 3.6 --- Cisplatin-DNA Crosslinks --- p.52 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- "l,2-d(GpG) and l,2-d(ApG) Intrastrand Crosslinks" --- p.52 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- "l,2-d(ApG) versus l,2-d(GpA) Intrastrand Crosslinks" --- p.53 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- "l,3-d(GpXpG) Intrastrand and d(GpXpC)d(GpXpC) Interstrand Crosslinks" --- p.54 / Chapter 3.6.4 --- Platination at Terminal Positions --- p.55 / Chapter 3.7 --- Structural Parameters --- p.59 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Optimized Geometries --- p.59 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- DNA Sequences from PDB --- p.67 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Backbone Torsion Angles --- p.70 / Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.70 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- CONCLUDING REMARKS --- p.72 / APPENDIX I BACKBONE TORSION ANGLES AND SUGAR RING CONFORMATION OF THE OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES --- p.74 / APPENDIX II BACKBONE TORSION ANGLES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SEQUENCES FROM NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE (NDB) --- p.82 / REFERENCES --- p.97
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324962 |
Date | January 2004 |
Contributors | Fu, Annie Yuen Yee., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Language | English, Chinese |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, bibliography |
Format | print, xi, 108 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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