Research Papers

1. Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. H.  Electrochemical Determination of Triple Helices:  Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Guanine in an Intramolecular Triplex. Chem. & Biol. Submitted 1/04.

2. Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. H. Simultaneous Detection of Guanine and 8-oxo-Guanine Using a Single Dinuclear Metal Complex Mediator. Chem. & Biol. In progress.

3. Holmberg, R. C.; Tierney, M. T.; Berg, E. E.; Grinstaff, M.W.; Thorp, H. H. Intramolecular Electrocatalysis of 8-oxo-Guanine Oxidation:  Secondary Structure Control of Electron Transfer in Osmium-Labeled Oligonucleotides. Inorg. Chem.  2003 42(20), 6379-87.

 4. Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. H. Digital Simulation of Catalytic Cyclic Voltammograms for Oxidation of DNA by a Heterobimetallic Dimer: Effects of DNA  Binding and Mass Transport.  Anal. Chem. 2003, 75 (8), 1851-1860.

5. Benites, P.J.; Holmberg, R. C.; Rawat, D.S.; Kraft, B. J.; Klein, L. J.; Peters, D. G.; Thorp, H. H.; Zaleski, J. M.  Metal-Ligand Charge-Transfer Promoted Photo-Electronic Bergman Cyclization of Copper Metalloenediynes: Photochemical DNA Cleavage via C-4’ H-atom Abstraction. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125 (21), 6434-6446.

6. Sistare, M. F.; Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. H.  Electrochemical Studies of Polynucleotide Binding and Oxidation by Metal Complexes: Effects of Scan Rate, Concentration, and Sequence.   J. Phys. Chem. B.  1999, 103(48), 10718-10728. 

7. Green, D.; Holmberg, R.; Lee, C. Y.; McWhorter, D. A.; Pate, B. H.  The rotational spectrum of highly vibrationally mixed quantum states of propynol near 3330 cm^-1. J. Chem. Phys.  1998, 109(11), 4407-4414. 

Abstracts

1. Isolation of DNA aptamers that bind Ru(bpy)₂phen²⁺. Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. Holden.  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2002.

 2. Ruthenium-osmium heterodinuclear metal mediator in the electrochemical detection of DNA oxidation.  Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. Holden.  International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Florence, Italy, August 2001.

 3. A hetero-dinuclear ruthenium-osmium mediator in the electrochemical detection of DNA oxidation.  Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. Holden.  American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2001.

 4. Heterodinuclear metal polypyridyl mediators in the electrochemical detection of DNA oxidation.  Holmberg, R. C.; Thorp, H. Holden.  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2000.