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Peter B. Dervan

Researcher at California Institute of Technology

Publications -  434
Citations -  44110

Peter B. Dervan is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: DNA & Base pair. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 433 publications receiving 42917 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter B. Dervan include Colorado State University & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used haplotype analysis of linkage disequilibrium to spotlight a small segment of 4p16.3 as the likely location of the defect, which is expanded and unstable on HD chromosomes.
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Sequence-specific cleavage of double helical DNA by triple helix formation

TL;DR: The location and asymmetry of the cleavage pattern reveal that the homopyrimidine-EDTA probes bind in the major groove parallel to thehomopurine strand of Watson-Crick double helical DNA.
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Molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules.

TL;DR: A pivotal path forward would be to understand in a predictive mechanistic sense how to create ensembles of weak bonds between synthetic ligands and biological macromolecules in water, the solvent of life.
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Design of sequence-specific DNA-binding molecules.

TL;DR: This work has produced bis(distamycin)fumaramide, a synthetic, crescent-shaped oligopeptide that binds nine contiguous adenine-thymine base pairs in the minor groove of double-helical DNA.