Volume 25, entitled
Modern Avenues in Metal-Nucleic Acid Chemistry
, of the series
Metal Ions in Life Sciences
(MILS), provides a timely overview of selected relevant developments in a field which previously had a pronounced focus on fundamental chemistry aspects such as coordination principles, structural chemistry, and consequences for biological processes and disease-related medicinal issues. More recently, also as a consequence of the advent of supramolecular chemistry, advancements in nanochemistry, and new bio-analytical methods, novel aspects of this field have emerged. MILS-25 gives a state-of-the-art account on the present state of research in this field, addressing, among others, porous materials, non-covalent interactions, stimuli-responsive bioconjugates, DNA-templated metal arrays and nanoclusters, genotyping, guanine quadruplexes, and riboswitches. It consists of 15 comprehensive chapters with over
1600
citations,
160
figures (
90
of them in color), with key contributions from
40
international experts from Europe, Asia, and America. It is an essential resource for scientists from numerous disciplines, ranging from materials science to biochemistry, by way of classical chemistry and physics.
It offers an update on nucleic acid – metal complex bioconjugates and their applications
It provides an insight into coordination polymers involving nucleic acid components
It covers a wide range of nucleic acids, from DNA duplexes, triplexes and quadruplexes to RNA