Chemistry for Nucleic acid recognition

The main missions of our team include the design, synthesis, and studies of novel small-molecule ligands and probes able to recognize unusual DNA and RNA structures (in particular, damaged DNA structures representing intermediates in enzymatic DNA repair), as well as elucidation of their biological effects in cellular models. We assume that these compounds could interfere with the native functions of nucleic acids or enzymatic DNA repair, thereby finding applications in cancer therapy.