Student at the 5th year of the degree in Chemistry [specialization "Biological Systems"] - University of Rome "La Sapienza"
The experimental work of thesis, divided between the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology of the same University, is addressed to the synthesis of molecules interacting with DNA and to the development of tests of interaction between these molecules and DNA. The aim of this work is finding molecules capable to stabilize the G-quadruplex structure (a particular four helices structure of DNA) of telomeres (the end of chromosomes) in order to inhibit telomerase, an enzyme that is likely to be fundamental for the process of immortalization of tumor cells.
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