Download or read book DNA and RNA Cleavers and Chemotherapy of Cancer and Viral Diseases written by B. Meunier and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-03-31 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The September 1995 proceedings papers represent an increased research activity in the area of designing drugs that cleave DNA and RNA with sequence-specificity to use the resulting compounds as therapeutic agents in the treatment of cancer and viral diseases. The conference focused on bringing together scientists working in particular areas of this research, providing an overview of DNA cleavage by enediyn molecules, bleomycin paradigms of DNA cleavers based on metal complexes, site specific DNA cleavage, mechanism of oxidative DNA cleavage, RNA cleavage by RNase H, and hydrolysis of RNA by ribozymes and metal complexes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR