2020 – 2023. voditelj radnog paketa Horizon 2020 FETPROACT-EIC-06-2019, Project: 952110 “MARA-BASED INDUSTRIAL LOW-COST IDENTIFICATION ASSAYS” (MARILIA)

2018 – 2023. Voditelj HrZZ projekta br. 5475 „Višekromoforne probe za prepoznavanje pojedinih struktura DNA, RNA i proteina“

2018 – 2019. voditelj s hrvatske strane hrvatsko-njemačkog bilateralnog projekta: „Dizajn i sinteza novih trialkilbor peptidnih spojeva te ispitivanje njihovih interakcija s DNA-RNA" s Prof. Todd Marder, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Njemačka

2014 – 2018.Voditelj HrZZ projekta br. 1477: “Multifunctional molecular sensing of DNA/RNA secondary structure by chemical sensors”.

2016 – 2017. Voditelj PoC6 HAMAG-Bicro Projekta PoC6_11_71-U-1 _ „Novi način detekcije mikotoksina sterigmatocistina u hrani i okolišu“

2015 – 2016. Mentor ESF projekta HR.3.2.01-0254 (Naslov: „JAČANJE KAPACITETA U MEDICINSKOJ KEMIJI I ISTRAŽIVANJU BIOAKTIVNIH SUSTAVA“)

 2013- 2016: REGPOT Projekt Call FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1; “Integration of research entities from the EU´s Convergence and Outermost regions in the ERA and enhancement of their innovation potential”; koordinator Dr. Oliver Vugrek, I. Piantanida je voditelj WP3 (ZA NABAVU I UPOTREBU NOVE OPREME; 5 mil. Eur)

2012 – 2013.   Voditelj Hrvatsko-Slovenskog bilateralnog Projekta s Prof. Jurij Lah, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia “Interactions of small organic molecules with nucleic acids: Synthesis, structural features and thermodynamics”.

2012 – 2013.   Voditelj Hrvatsko-njemačkog bilateralnog Projekta (DAAD 2012/2013.) s Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner “Design and synthesis of novel chiral cationic perylene bisimides and study of their interactions with DNA/RNA”.

Projekt MZOŠ 098-0982914-2918 „Dizajn, sinteza i ispitivanje interakcija malih molekula s DNA, RNA i proteinima“

Program MZOŠ 0982914 “Interakcije novih malih molekula s makromolekulama tumorskih i upalnih procesa”.

2018 – 2022. Voditelj HrZZ projekta br. 5475 „Višekromoforne probe za prepoznavanje pojedinih struktura DNA, RNA i proteina“

2018 – 2019. voditelj s hrvatske strane hrvatsko-Njemačkog bilateralnog Projekta: „Dizajn i sinteza novih trialkilbor peptidnih spojeva te ispitivanje njihovih interakcija s DNA-RNA" s Prof. Todd Marder, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Njemačka

- 2020. Nagrada Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, područje matematičkih, fizičkih i kemijskih znanosti

2014. Godišnja državna nagrada za znanost za značajno znanstveno dostignuće u području prirodnih znanosti, polje kemije.

2002.  Nagrada Plive i HKD-a "Vladimir Prelog" namijenjena mladim organskim kemičarima za znanstveni doprinos u području supramolekularne kemije, posebno za razumijevanje interakcija aromatskih spojeva s nukleinskom kiselinom.

-2010 – danas Redovni naslovni profesordoktorskog studija "Medicinska kemija", Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Instituta Ruđer Bošković i GSK, Zagreb te voditelj Modula 5 (Odabrana poglavlja iz bioorganske i medicinske kemije) i voditelj kolegija „Mehanizmi djelovanja malih, DNA/RNA aktivnih molekula sa značajnom farmaceutskom primjenom“.

-2005 - danas Voditelj kolegija „Biološke, kemijske i biofizikalne interakcije malih molekula s nukleinskim kiselinama“ (do 2010. nositelj prof. dr. Mladen Žinić, dalje nositelj Ivo Piantanida) doktorskog studija "Biomolekularne znanosti" Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Instituta Ruđer Bošković i Sveučilišta u Dubrovniku.

- M. Ferger, Ž. Ban, I. Krošl, S. Tomić, L. Dietrich, S. Lorenzen, F. Rauch, D. Sieh, A. Friedrich, S. Griesbeck, A. Kenđel, S. Miljanić, I. Piantanida, T. B. Marder Chem. Eur. J. 27 (2021), 5142, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202005141 NASLOVNA STRANICA

- Ž. Ban, S. Griesbeck, S. Tomić, J. Nitsch, T. Marder, I Piantanida, Chem. Eur. J. (2019) doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903936 NASLOVNA STRANICA

- T. Šmidlehner, M. Badovinac, I. Piantanida, New J. Chem. 42, (2018), 6655-6663. NASLOVNA STRANICA

- D. Maity, M. Matković, S. Li, M. Ehlers, J. Wu, I. Piantanida, C. Schmuck, Chem. Eur. J. , 23 (2017), 17356–17362

- M. Li, M. Radić Stojković, M. Ehlers, E. Zellermann, I. Piantanida, C. Schmuck, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55 (2016) 13015–13018.

- I. Crnolatac, I. Rogan, B. Majić, S. Tomić, T. Deligeorgiev, G. Horvat, D. Makuc, J. Plavec, G. Pescitelli, I Piantanida* Anal. Chim. Acta 940 (2016) 128–135.

- J. Gershberg, M. Radić Stojković, M. Škugor, S. Tomić, T.H. Rehm, S. Rehm, C.R. Saha-Möller, I. Piantanida*, F. Würthner, Chem. Eur. J. 21 (2015) 7886–7895.

- M. Radić Stojković, M. Škugor, S. Tomić, M. Grabar, V. Smrečki, Ł. Dudek, J. Grolik, J. Eilmes, I Piantanida; Org. Biomol. Chem., 11, (2013), 4077–4085.

- J. Wu, Y. Zou, W. Sicking, I. Piantanida, T. Yi, C. Schmuck, “A Molecular Peptide Beacon for the Ratiometric Sensing of Nucleic Acids” J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 134 (2012), 1958–1961.

- L.-M. Tumir, I. Crnolatac, T. Deligeorgiev, A. Vasilev, S. Kaloyanova, M. Grabar Branilović, S. Tomić, I. Piantanida, “Kinetic differentiation between homo- and alternating AT-DNA by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes”, Chemistry, Eur. J., 18 (2012), 3859–3864.

- K. Klemm, M. Radić Stojković, G. Horvat, V. Tomišić, I. Piantanida, C. Schmuck; “Interactions of multicationic bis-guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole receptors with double stranded nucleic acids: syntheses, binding studies and atomic force microscopy imaging”, Chemistry, Eur. J., 18 (2012) 1352–1363.

- K. Starčević, G. Karminski-Zamola, I. Piantanida, M. Žinić, L. Šuman and M. Kralj; “Photoinduced switch of a DNA/RNA inactive molecule into a classical intercalator.”; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127 (2005) 1074.

- L.-M. Tumir, I. Piantanida, I. Juranović, Z. Meić, S. Tomić, M. Žinić; “Recognition of homo-polynucleotides containing adenine by phenanthridinium bis-uracil conjugate in aqueous media.”; Chem. Commun., (2005) 2561.

Knjige i poglavlja u knjigama

Poglavlja u knjigama

• García-España, E., Piantanida, I. & Schneider, H. (2013) Nucleic acids as supramolecular targets. U: Schneider & Hans-Jörg (ur.) Supramolecular systems in biomedical fields. London : Delhi, The Royal Society of Chemistry, str. 213-259.

Radovi u časopisima

Znanstveni i pregledni radovi

• Ban, Ž., Barišić, A., Crnolatac, I., Kazazić, S., Škulj, S., Savini, F., Bertoša, B., Barišić, I. & Piantanida, I. (2023) Highly selective preparation of N-terminus Horseradish peroxidase-DNA conjugate with fully retained enzymatic activity: HRP-DNA structure – activity relation. Enzyme and microbial technology, 168, 110257, 11 doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2023.110257.

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• González-García, J., Galiana, C., Dea-Ayuela, M., Radić Stojković, M., López-Molina, S., Galiana-Roselló, C., Blasco, S., Piantanida, I. & García-España, E. (2023) Impact of the zinc complexation of polytopic polyaza ligands on the interaction with double and single stranded DNA/RNA and antimicrobial activity. Dalton transactions, 52, 5478-5485 doi:10.1039/d3dt00395g.

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• Jakšić, D., Šegvić Klarić, M., Rimac, H., Kerep, R. & Piantanida, I. (2023) Cyclodextrin-based displacement strategy of sterigmatocystin from serum albumin as a novel approach for acute poisoning detoxification. International journal of molecular sciences, 24, 4485, 15 doi:10.3390/ ijms24054485.

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• Jelić Matošević, Z., Radman, K., Loubser, J., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I., Cukrowski, I., Leščić Ašler, I. & Bertoša, B. (2023) Structural Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis MntR Transcription Factor Is Locked by Mn2+ Binding. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (2), 957, 21 doi:10.3390/ijms24020957.

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• Fabijanić, I., Jurković, M., Jakšić, D. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Photoluminescent Gold/BSA nanoclusters (AuNC@BSA) as sensors for red-fluorescence detection of mycotoxins. Materials, 15 (23), 8448, 11 doi:10.3390/ma15238448.

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• Košćak, M., Pehar, I., Božinović, K., Kumar Kole, G., Sobočanec, S., Podgorski, I., Pinterić, M., Müller-Buschbaum, K., Majhen, D., Piantanida, I. & Marder, T. (2022) Para-N-Methylpyridinium Pyrenes: Impact of Positive Charge on ds-DNA/RNA and Protein Recognition, Photo-Induced Bioactivity, and Intracellular Localisation. Pharmaceutics, 14 (11), 2499, 22 doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14112499.

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• Gazdek, N., Zonjić, I., Nikšić-Franjić, I., Frkanec, L. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Competitive binding of aristolochic acid between various cyclodextrins and serum albumin as a model for acute poisoning detoxification. Supramolecular chemistry, 33 (10), 569-577 doi:10.1080/10610278.2022.2109472.

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• Sambol, M., Košćak, M., Uzelac, L., Kralj, M., Piantanida, I. & Basarić, N. (2022) Simultaneous staining of endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplets by naphthol-aminonaphthalimide conjugates and photoinduced antiproliferative effects. Dyes and pigments, 206, 110651, 15 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110651.

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• Čipor, I., Kurutos, A., Dobrikov, G., Kamounah, F., Majhen, D., Nestić, D. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Structure-dependent mitochondria or lysosome-targeting styryl fluorophores bearing remarkable Stokes shift. Dyes and pigments, 206, 110626, 12 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110626.

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• Božinović, K., Nestić, D., Michail, E., Ferger, M., Košćak, M., Lambert, C., Majhen, D., Marder, T. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Diethynylarene-linked bis(triarylborane)cations as theranostic agents for tumor cell and virus-targeted photodynamic therapy. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 234, 112523, 12 doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2022.112523.

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• Petters, I., Modrušan, M., Vidović, N., Crnolatac, I., Cindro, N., Piantanida, I., Speranza, G., Horvat, G. & Tomišić, V. (2022) Anion-Sensing Properties of Cyclopentaphenylalanine. Molecules, 27 (12), 3918, 16 doi:10.3390/molecules27123918.

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• Krošl, I., Košćak, M., Ribičić, K., Žinić, B., Majhen, D., Božinović, K. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Impact of the Histidine‐Triazole and Tryptophan‐Pyrene Exchange in the WHW Peptide: Cu(II) Binding, DNA/RNA Interactions and Bioactivity. International journal of molecular sciences, 23, 7006, 24 doi:10.3390/ijms23137006.

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• Ferger, M., Roger, C., Köster, E., Rauch, F., Lorenzen, S., Krummenacher, I., Friedrich, A., Košćak, M., Nestić, D., Braunschweig, H., Lambert, C., Piantanida, I. & Marder, T. (2022) Electron-Rich EDOT Linkers in Tetracationic bis-Triarylborane Chromophores: Influence on Water Stability, Biomacromolecule Sensing, and Photoinduced Cytotoxicity. Chemistry : a European journal, 28 (48), e202201130, 14 doi:10.1002/chem.202201130.

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• Kole, G., Košćak, M., Amar, A., Majhen, D., Božinović, K., Brkljača, Z., Ferger, M., Michail, E., Lorenzen, S., Friedrich, A., Krummenacher, I., Moos, M., Braunschweig, H., Boucekkine, A., Lambert, C., Halet, J., Piantanida, I., Müller-Buschbaum, K. & Marder, T. (2022) Methyl Viologens of Bis-(4'-pyridylethynyl)arenes - Structures, Photophysical and Electrochemical Studies, and their Potential Application in Biology. Chemistry : a European journal, 28 (40), e202200753, 22 doi:10.1002/chem.202200753.

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• Krošl, Ivona, Otković, Ena, Nikšić-Franjić, Ivana, Colasson, Benoit, Reinaud, O., Višnjevac, A. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Impact of positive charge and ring-size on the interactions of calixarenes with DNA, RNA and nucleotides. New journal of chemistry, 46 (15), 6860-6869 doi:10.1039/D2NJ00061J.

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• Košćak, M., Krošl, I., Žinić, B. & Piantanida, I. (2022) Fluorescent Analogues of FRH Peptide: Cu(II) Binding and Interactions with ds-DNA/RNA. Chemosensors, 10 (1), 34, 17 doi:10.3390/chemosensors10010034.

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• Ban, Ž., Karačić, Z., Tomić, S., Amini, H., Marder, T. & Piantanida, I. (2021) Triarylborane Dyes as a Novel Non‐Covalent and Non‐Inhibitive Fluorimetric Markers for DPP III Enzyme. Molecules, 26, 4816, 20 doi:10.3390/molecules26164816.

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• Berger, S., Rühe, J., Schwarzmann, J., Phillipps, A., Richard, A., Ferger, M., Krummenacher, I., Tumir, L., Ban, Ž., Crnolatac, I., Majhen, D., Barišić, I., Piantanida, I., Schleier, D., Griesbeck, S., Friedrich, A., Braunschweig, H. & Marder, T. (2021) Bithiophene-Cored, mono-, bis-, and tris-(Trimethylammonium)-Substituted, bis-Triarylborane Chromophores: Effect of the Number and Position of Charges on Cell Imaging and DNA/RNA Sensing. Chemistry : a European journal, 27, 14057-14072 doi:10.1002/chem.202102308.

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• Mikulin, I., Ljubić, I., Piantanida, I., Vasilev, A., Mondeshki, M., Kandinska, M., Uzelac, L., Martin-Kleiner, I., Kralj, M., Tumir, L. & (2021) Polycationic Monomeric and Homodimeric Asymmetric Monomethine Cyanine Dyes with Hydroxypropyl Functionality—Strong Affinity Nucleic Acids Binders. Biomolecules, 11 (8), 1075, 21 doi:10.3390/biom11081075.

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• Erben, A., Sviben, I., Mihaljević, B., Piantanida, I. & Basarić, N. (2021) Non-Covalent Binding of Tripeptides-Containing Tryptophan to Polynucleotides and Photochemical Deamination of Modified Tyrosine to Quinone Methide Leading to Covalent Attachment. Molecules, 26 (14), 4315, 18 doi:10.3390/molecules26144315.

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• Sambol, M., Benčić, P., Erben, A., Matković, M., Mihaljević, B., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M. & Basarić, N. (2021) Photochemical Reactivity of Naphthol-NaphthalimideConjugates and Their Biological Activity. Molecules, 26 (11), 3355, 26 doi:10.3390/molecules26113355.

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• Orehovec, I., Matković, M., Pehar, I., Majhen, D. & Piantanida, I. (2021) Bis-Pyrene Photo-Switch Open- and Closed-Form Differently Bind to ds-DNA, ds-RNA and Serum Albumin and Reveal Light-Induced Bioactivity. International journal of molecular sciences, 22, 4916, 22 doi:10.3390/ ijms22094916.

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• Ferger, M., Ban, Ž., Krošl, I., Tomić, S., Dietrich, L., Lorenzen, S., Rauch, F., Sieh, D., Friedrich, A., Griesbeck, S., Kenđel, A., Miljanić, S., Piantanida, I. & Marder, T. (2021) Aryl-diyne linkers in bis-triarylborane cations control fluorimetric and Raman sensing of various DNA and RNA. Chemistry : a European journal, 27, 5142-5159 doi:10.1002/chem.202005141.

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• Kumar Kole, G., Merz, J., Amar, A., Fontaine, B., Boucekkine, A., Nitsch, J., Lorenzen, S., Friedrich, A., Krummenacher, I., Košćak, M., Braunschweig, H., Piantanida, I., Halet, J., Müller-Buschbaum, K. & Marder, T. (2021) 2- and 2,7-Substituted para-N-Methylpyridinium Pyrenes: Syntheses, Molecular and Electronic Structures, Photophysical, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Properties and Binding to Double Stranded (ds)-DNA. Chemistry : a European journal, 27, 2837-2853 doi:.org/10.1002/chem.202004748.

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• Crnolatac, I., Giestas, L., Horvat, G., Parola, A. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Flavylium dye as pH tunable fluorescent and CD probe for double-stranded DNA and RNA. Chemosensors, 8 (4), 129, 10 doi:10.3390/chemosensors8040129.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Košćak, M., Božinović, K., Majhen, D., Schmuck, C. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Fluorimetric and CD Recognition Between Various ds-DNA/RNA Depends on a Cyanine Connectivity in Cyanine-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole Conjugate. Molecules, 25, 4470, 14 doi:10.3390/molecules25194470.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Bonnet, H., Chierici, S. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Fluorescently-labelled amyloid paired helical filaments (PHF) in monitoring its fibrillation kinetics. Bioorganic chemistry, 104, 104196, 5 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104196.

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• Jana, P., Šupljika, F., Schmuck, C. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 16, 2201-2211 doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.185.

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• Weißenstein, A., Vysotsky, M., Piantanida, I. & Würthner, F. (2020) Naphthalene diimide–amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 16, 2032-2045 doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.170.

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• Đud, M., Glasovac, Z., Margetić, D. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Guanidino-aryl derivatives: protonation and structure tuning for spectrophotometric recognition of ds-DNA and ds-RNA. New journal of chemistry, 44, 11537-11545 doi:10.1039/D0NJ01879A.

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• Ban, Ž., Matić, J., Žinić, B., Foller Füchtbauer, A., Wilhelmsson, L. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Flexibility and Preorganization of Fluorescent Nucleobase-Pyrene Conjugates Control DNA and RNA Recognition. Molecules, 25 (9), 2188, 19 doi:10.3390/molecules25092188.

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• Amini, H., Ban, Ž., Ferger, M., Lorenzen, S., Rauch, F., Friedrich, A., Crnolatac, I., Kenđel, A., Miljanić, S., Piantanida, I. & Marder, T. (2020) Tetracationic bis-triarylborane 1, 3-butadiyne as a combined fluorimetric and Raman probe for simultaneous and selective sensing of various DNA, RNA and proteins. Chemistry : a European journal, 26, 6017-6028 doi:10.1002/chem.201905328.

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• Solladié, N., Rein, R., Bouatra, S., Merkaš, S., Sooambar, C., Piantanida, I. & Žinić, M. (2020) Nucleosides as Organizing Agents. Journal of porphyrins and phthalocyanines, 24 (05n07), 636-645 doi:10.1142/S1088424620300013.

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• Saftić, D., Studzińska, M., Paradowska, E., Piantanida, I., Baranović, G., Białek-Pietras, M. & Leśnikowski, Z. (2020) Comparative study of the effects of ortho-, meta- and para-carboranes (C2B10H12) on the physicochemical properties, cytotoxicity and antiviral activity of uridine and 2’-deoxyuridine boron cluster conjugates. Bioorganic chemistry, 94, 103466, 11 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103466.

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• Ban, Ž., Griesbeck, S., Tomić, S., Nitsch, J., Marder, T. & Piantanida, I. (2020) A quadrupolar bis‐triarylborane chromophore as a fluorimetric and chirooptic probe for simultaneous and selective sensing of DNA, RNA and proteins. Chemistry : a European journal, 26, 2195-2203 doi:10.1002/chem.201903936.

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• Ćehić, M., Suć Sajko, J., Karačić, Z., Piotrowski, P., Šmidlehner, T., Jerić, I., Schmuck, C., Piantanida, I. & Tomić, S. (2020) The guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole - fluorophore conjugates as theragnostic tools for DPP III monitoring and inhibition. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 38 (13), 3790-3800 doi:10.1080/07391102.2019.1664936.

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• Jakšić, D., Šegvić Klarić, M., Crnolatac, I., Šijaković Vujičić, N., Smrečki, V., Górecki, M., Pescitelli, G. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Unique Aggregation of Sterigmatocystin in Water Yields Strong and Specific Circular Dichroism Response Allowing Highly Sensitive and Selective Monitoring of Bio-Relevant Interactions. Marine drugs, 17 (11), 629, 17 doi:10.3390/md17110629.

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• Erben, A., Matić, J., Basarić, N. & Piantanida, I. (2019) The phenanthridine - modified tyrosine dipeptide: synthesis and non-covalent binding to DNA and RNA. Croatica chemica acta, 92 (2), 249-258 doi:10.5562/cca3542.

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• Botti, V., Cesaretti, A., Ban, Ž., Crnolatac, I., Consiglio, G., Elisei, F. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Fine structural tuning of styryl-based dyes for fluorescence and CD-based sensing of various ds-DNA/RNA sequences. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 17 (35), 8243-8258 doi:10.1039/C9OB01186B.

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• Papi, F., Kenđel, A., Ratkaj, M., Piantanida, I., Gratteri, P., Bazzicalupi, C. & Miljanić, S. (2019) Effect of structure levels on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of human telomeric G-quadruplexes in diluted and crowded media. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 411, 5197-5207 doi:10.1007/s00216-019-01894-z.

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• Matić, J., Šupljika, F., Tandarić, T., Dukši, M., Piotrowski, P., Vianello, R., Brozović, A., Piantanida, I., Schmuck, C. & Radić Stojković, M. (2019) DNA/RNA recognition controlled by the glycine linker and the guanidine moiety of phenanthridine peptides. International journal of biological macromolecules, 134, 422-434 doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.063.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Rožman, A. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Advances in cyanine - Amino acid conjugates and peptides for sensing of DNA, RNA and protein structures. Current protein & peptide science, 20 (11), 1040-1045 doi:10.2174/1389203720666190513084102.

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• Ban, Ž., Žinić, B., Matković, M., Tomašić Paić, A., Crnolatac, I. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Pyrrolocytosine-pyrene conjugates as fluorescent and CD probes for a fine sensing of ds- polynucleotide secondary structure and specific recognition of poly G. New journal of chemistry, 43, 8204-8214 doi:10.1039/C8NJ05286G.

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• Pernar, M., Kokan, Z., Kralj, J., Glasovac, Z., Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Eljuga, D., Turel, I., Brozovic, A. & Kirin, S. (2019) Organometallic ruthenium(II)-arene complexes with triphenylphosphine amino acid bioconjugates: Synthesis, characterization and biological properties. Bioorganic chemistry, 87, 432-446 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.03.048.

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• Sambol, M., Ester, K., Husak, A., Škalamera, Đ., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M. & Basarić, N. (2019) Bifunctional Phenol Quinone Methide Precursors: Synthesis and Biological Activity. Croatica chemica acta, 92 (1), 29-41 doi:10.5562/cca3455.

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• Rožman, A., Crnolatac, I., Deligeorgiev, T. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Strong impact of chloro substituent on TOTO and YOYO ds-DNA/RNA sensing. Journal of luminescence, 205, 87-96 doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.08.074.

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• Saftić, D., Ban, Ž., Matić, J., Tumir, L. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Conjugates of classical DNA/RNA binder with nucleobase: chemical, biochemical and biomedical applications. Current medicinal chemistry, 26 (30), 5609-5624 doi:10.2174/0929867325666180508090640.

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• Kurutos, A., Orehovec, I., Saftić, D., Horvat, L., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2018) Cell penetrating, mitochondria targeting multiply charged DABCO-cyanine dyes. Dyes and pigments, 158, 517-525 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.05.035.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Karačić, Z., Tomić, S., Schmuck, C. & Piantanida, I. (2018) Fluorescent cyanine-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole conjugate with pH-dependent DNA/RNA recognition and DPP III fluorescent labelling and inhibition properties. Monatshefte für Chemie, 149 (7), 1307-1313 doi:10.1007/s00706-018-2192-0.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Badovinac, M. & Piantanida, I. (2018) Pyrene – cyanine conjugates as multipurpose fluorescent probes for non-covalent recognition of ds-DNA, RNA and proteins.. New journal of chemistry, 42 (9), 6655-6663 doi:10.1039/c8nj00055g.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Kurutos, A., Slade, J., Belužić, R., Ang, D., Rodger, A. & Piantanida, I. (2018) Versatile cyanine-click-amino acid conjugates showing one-atom- influenced recognition of DNA/RNA secondary structure and mitochondrial localization in living cells. European journal of organic chemistry, 14, 1682-1692 doi:10.1002/ejoc.201701765.

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• Yalçin, E., Matković, M., Jukić, M., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Piantanida, I. & Seferoğlu, Z. (2018) Novel fluorene/fluorenone DNA and RNA binders as efficient non-toxic ds-RNA selective fluorescent probes. Tetrahedron, 74, 535-543 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2017.12.008.

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• Šmidlehner, T., Piantanida, I. & Pescitelli, G. (2018) Polarized spectroscopy methods in the determination of interactions of small molecules with nucleic acids - tutorial. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 14, 84-105 doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.5.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Gonzalez-Garcia, J., Šupljika, F., Galiana-Rosello, C., Guijarro, L., Gazze, S., Francis, L., Piantanida, I. & Garcia- Espana, E. (2018) Specific and highly efficient condensation of GC and IC DNA by polyaza pyridinophane derivatives. International journal of biological macromolecules, 109, 143-151 doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.156.

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• Kurutos, A., Orehovec, I., Tomašić Paić, A., Crnolatac, I., Horvat, L., Gadjev, N., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2018) New series of non-toxic DNA intercalators, mitochondria targeting fluorescent dyes. Dyes and pigments, 148, 452-459 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.09.049.

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• Merkaš, S., Bouatra, S., Rein, R., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Solladié, N. (2017) Great Efficiency of Nucleosides as Organizing Tools. Croatica chemica acta, 90 (4), 595-602 doi:10.5562/cca3247.

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• Orehovec, I., Glavač, D., Dokli, I., Gredičak, M. & Piantanida, I. (2017) Impact of the Supramolecular Organisation of Pyrene – Quinoline Conjugates on their Interaction with ds – DNA. Croatica chemica acta, 90 (4), 603-611 doi:10.5562/cca3269.

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• Ban, Ž., Žinić, B., Vianello, R., Schmuck, C. & Piantanida, I. (2017) Nucleobase–Guanidiniocarbonyl-Pyrrole Conjugates as Novel Fluorimetric Sensors for Single Stranded RNA. Molecules, 22 (12), 2213, 22 doi:10.3390/molecules22122213.

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• Maity, D., Matković, M., Li, S., Ehlers, M., Wu, J., Piantanida, I. & Schmuck, C. (2017) Peptide-Based Probes with an Artificial Anion Binding Motif for Direct Fluorescence 'Switch-On' Detection of Nucleic Acid in Cells. Chemistry : a European journal, 23 (68), 17356-17362 doi:10.1002/chem.201703813.

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• Saftić, D., Radić Stojković, M., Žinić, B., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Jukić, M., Piantanida, I. & Tumir, L. (2017) Impact of linker between triazolyl-uracil and phenanthridine on recognition of DNA and RNA. Recognition of uracil – containing RNA.. New journal of chemistry, 41 (22), 13240-13252 doi:10.1039/C7NJ02699D.

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• Merkaš, S., Bouatra, S., Rein, R., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Solladié, N. (2017) Efficiency of Dinucleosides as the Backbone to Pre-Organize Multi-Porphyrins and Enhance Their Stability as Sandwich Type Complexes with DABCO. Molecules, 22 (7), 1112, 14 doi:10.3390/molecules22071112.

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• Šmidlehner, T. & Piantanida, I. (2017) Novel DNA/RNA-targeting amino acid beacon for the versatile incorporation at any position within the peptide backbone. Amino acids (Wien), 49 (8), 1381-1388 doi:10.1007/s00726-017-2438-x.

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• Knežević Teofilović, N., Bihi, M., Radić Stojković, M., Tumir, L., Ester, K., Kralj, M., Majhen, D., Oršolić, N., Lepur, A., Vrbanec, D., Markotić, A., Dembić, Z., Weber, A., Piantanida, I., Vugrek, O., Diken, M. & Knežević, J. (2017) 1-ethyl-3-(6-methylphenanthridine-8-il) urea modulates TLR3/9 activation and induces selective pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in vitro. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 27 (7), 1530-1537 doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.02.048.

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• Šarić, A., Crnolatac, I., Bouillaud, F., Sobocanec, S., Mikecin, A., Mačak Šafranko, Ž., Deligeorgiev, T., Piantanida, I., Balog, T. & Petit, P. (2017) Non-toxic fluorescent phosphonium probes to detect mitochondrial potential. Methods and applications in fluorescence, 5 (1), 015007, 13 doi:10.1088/2050-6120/aa5e64.

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• Mao, L., Matković, M., Piantanida, I. & Schmuck, C. (2017) Incorporation of arginine mimetic residue into peptides for recognition of double stranded nucleic acid structure: binding and aggregation studies. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 25 (6), 1875-1880 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.02.006.

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• Miljanić, S., Ratkaj, M., Matković, M., Piantanida, I., Gratteri, P. & Bazzicalupi, C. (2017) Assessment of human telomeric G-quadruplex structures using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 409 (9), 2285-2295 doi:10.1007/s00216-016-0172-y.

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• Kurutos, A., Gadjev, N., Šmidlehner, T., Minkovska, S., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2016) 2,3-Dimethylbenzoxazolium Methosulfate. Molbank, 2016 (1), M889, 3 doi:10.3390/M889.

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• Li, M., Radić Stojković, M., Ehlers, M., Zellermann, E., Piantanida, I. & Schmuck, C. (2016) Use of an Octapeptide-Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole Conjugate for the Formation of a Supramolecular beta-Helix that Self-Assembles into pH-Responsive Fibers. Angewandte Chemie. International edition, 55 (42), 13015-13018 doi:10.1002/anie.201605522.

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• Matić, J., Šupljika, F., Tir, N., Piotrowski, P., Schmuck, C., Abramić, M., Piantanida, I. & Tomić, S. (2016) Guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole -aryl conjugates as inhibitors of human dipeptidyl peptidase III: combined experimental and computational study. RSC Advances, 6, 83044-83052 doi:10.1039/c6ra16966j.

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• Crnolatac, I., Rogan, I., Majić, B., Tomić, S., Deligeorgiev, T., Horvat, G., Makuc, D., Plavec, J., Pescitelli, G. & Piantanida, I. (2016) Small molecule probes finely differentiate between various ds- and ss-DNA and RNA by fluorescence, CD and NMR response. Analytica chimica acta, 940, 128-135 doi:10.1016/j.aca.2016.08.021.

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• Steiner, I., Stojanović, N., Bolje, A., Brozović, A., Polančec, D., Ambriović-Ristov, A., Radić Stojković, M., Piantanida, I., Eljuga, D., Košmrlj, J. & Osmak, M. (2016) Discovery of ‘click’ 1, 2, 3-triazolium salts as potential anticancer drugs. Radiology and oncology, 50 (3), 280-288 doi:10.1515/raon-2016-0027.

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• Suć, J., Tumir, L., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Jukić, M., Piantanida, I. & Jerić, I. (2016) The impact of alpha-hydrazino acids embedded in short fluorescent peptides on peptide interactions with DNA and RNA. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 14 (21), 4865-4874 doi:10.1039/c6ob00425c.

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• Miljanić, S., Kenđel, A., Novak, M., Deliqeorqiev, T., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I. & Chiş, V. (2016) Distinguishing binding modes of a new phosphonium dye with DNA by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. RSC Advances, 6, 41927-41936 doi:10.1039/C6RA03586H.

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• Smolko, A., Šupljika, F., Martinčić, J., Jajčanin-Jozić, N., Grabar- Branilović, M., Tomić, S., Ludwig- Müller, J., Piantanida, I. & Salopek- Sondi, B. (2016) The role of conserved Cys residues in Brassica rapa auxin amidohydrolase: the Cys139 is crucial for the enzyme activity and the Cys320 regulates enzyme stability. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18 (13), 8890-8900 doi:10.1039/c5cp06301a.

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• Tumir, L., Šupljika, F. & Piantanida, I. (2016) Bisphenanthridinium – adenine conjugates as fluorescent and CD reporters for fine structural differences in ds-DNA/RNA and ss-RNA structures. Supramolecular chemistry, 28 (3-4), 267-274 doi:10.1080/10610278.2015.1099655.

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• Matić, J., Tumir, L., Radić Stojković, M. & Piantanida, I. (2016) Advances in peptide-based DNA/RNA-intercalators. Current protein & peptide science, 17 (2), 127-134 doi:10.2174/138920371702160209124439.

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• Bončina, M., Podlipnik, Č., Piantanida, I., Eilmes, J., Teulade-Fichou, M., Vesnaver, G. & Lah, J. (2015) Thermodynamic fingerprints of ligand binding to human telomeric G-quadruplexes. Nucleic acids research, 43 (21), 10376-10386 doi:10.1093/nar/gkv1167.

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• Vajs, J., Steiner, I., Brozović, A., Pevec, A., Ambriović-Ristov, A., Matković, M., Piantanida, I., Urankar, D., Osmak, M. & Janez Košmrlj (2015) The 1, 3-diaryltriazenido(p-cymene)ruthenium(II) complexes with a high in vitro anticancer activity. Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 153, 42-48 doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.09.005.

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• Berger, M., Maciejewska, D., Vanden Eynde, J., Mottamal, M., Żabiński, J., Kaźmierczaki, P., Rezler, M., Jarak, I., Piantanida, I., Karminski-Zamola, G., Mayence, A., Rebernik, P., Kumar, A., Ismail, M., Boykin, D. & Huang, T. (2015) Pentamidine analogs as inhibitors of [3H]MK-801 and [3H]ifenprodil binding to rat brain NMDA receptors. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 23 (15), 4489-4500 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.012.

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• Kaźmierska, A., Gryl, M., Stadnicka, K., Sieroń, L., Eilmes, A., Matković, M., Radić-Stojković, M., Piantanida, I. & Eilmes, J. (2015) Dicationic derivatives of dinaphtotetraaza[14]annulene: Synthesis, crystal structures and the preliminary evaluation of their DNA binding properties. Tetrahedron, 71 (24), 4163-4173 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2015.04.098.

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• Kralj, M., Uzelac, L., Wang, Y., Wan, P., Tireli, M., Mlinarić-Majerski, K., Piantanida, I. & Basarić, N. (2015) Enhancement of antiproliferative activity by phototautomerization of anthrylphenols. Photochemical & photobiological sciences, 14 (6), 1082-1092 doi:10.1039/c5pp00099h.

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• Gershberg, J., Radić Stojković, M., Škugor, M., Tomić, S., Rehm, T., Rehm, S., Saha-Möller, C., Piantanida, I. & Würthner, F. (2015) Sensing of Double-Stranded DNA/RNA Secondary Structures by Water Soluble Homochiral Perylene Bisimide Dyes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (21), 7886-7895 doi:10.1002/chem.201500184.

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• Merkaš, S., Bouatra, S., Rein, R., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Solladié, N. (2015) Pre-Organized Dinucleosides with Pendant Porphyrins for the Formation of Sandwich Type Complexes with DABCO with High Association Constants. Journal of porphyrins and phthalocyanines, 19 (1/3), 535-546 doi:10.1142/S1088424615500431.

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• Šola, I., Piantanida, I., Crnolatac, I. & Rusak, G. (2015) Europium improves the transport of quercetin through Arabidopsis thaliana. Biologia plantarum, 59 (3), 554-559 doi:10.1007/s10535-015-0508-z.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Piotrowski, P., Schmuck, C. & Piantanida, I. (2015) A Short, rigid linker between pyrene and guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole induced new set of spectroscopic responses to ds-DNA secondary structure. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 13, 1629-1633 doi:10.1039/c4ob02169j.

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• González-García, J., Tomić, S., Lopera, A., Guijarro, L., Piantanida, I. & García-España, E. (2015) Aryl-bis-(scorpiand)-aza receptors differentiate between nucleotide monophosphates by combination of aromatic, hydrogen bond and electrostatic interactions. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 13, 1732-1740 doi:10.1039/c4ob02084g.

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• Tumir, L., Radić Stojković, M. & Piantanida, I. (2014) Come-back of phenanthridine and phenanthridinium derivatives in 21st century. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 10, 2930-2954 doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.312.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Škugor, M., Dudek, Ł., Grolik, J., Eilmes, J. & Piantanida, I. (2014) Molecular recognition of AT-DNA sequences by the induced CD pattern of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene (DBTAA) - adenine derivatives. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 10, 2175-2185 doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.225.

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• Dijanošić, A., Miljanić, S., Piantanida, I., Gonzales-Garcia, J. & Garcia-Espana, E. (2014) Revealing interactions between polyaza pyridinophane compounds and DNA/RNA polynucleotides by SERS spectroscopy. Journal of Raman spectroscopy, 45 (10), 863-872 doi:10.1002/jrs.4564.

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• Grabar Branilović, M., Tomić, S., Tumir, L. & Piantanida, I. (2013) The bis-phenanthridinium system flexibility and position of covalently bound uracil finely tunes the interaction with polynucleotides. Molecular biosystems, 9 (8), 2051-2062 doi:10.1039/C3MB25578F.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Škugor, M., Tomić, S., Grabar, M., Smrečki, V., Dudek, Ł., Grolik, J., Eilmes, J. & Piantanida, I. (2013) Dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene – adenine conjugate recognizes complementary poly dT among ss-DNA / ss-RNA sequences. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 11 (24), 4077-4085 doi:10.1039/c3ob40519b.

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• González-García, J., Uzelac, L., Kralj, M., Llinares, J., García-España, E. & Piantanida, I. (2013) The size of aryl linker between two polyaza-cyclophane moieties controls the binding selectivity to ds-RNA vs ds-DNA. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, (11), 2154-2161 doi:10.1039/c3ob00032j.

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• Miljanić, S., Dijanošić, A., Kalac, M., Radić Stojković, M., Piantanida, I., Pawlica, D. & Eilmes, J. (2012) Surface-enhanced Raman scattering study of the binding modes of a dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene derivative with DNA/RNA polynucleotides. Croatica chemica acta, 85 (4), 577-584 doi:10.5562/cca2106.

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• Stolić, I., Avdičević, M., Bregović, N., Piantanida, I., Glavaš-Obrovac, L. & Bajić, M. (2012) Synthesis, DNA Interactions and Anticancer Evaluation of Novel Diamidine Derivatives of 3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene. Croatica chemica acta, 85 (4), 457-467 doi:10.5562/cca2141.

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• Rehm, T., Radić Stojković, M., Rehm, S., Škugor, M., Piantanida, I. & Würthner, F. (2012) Interaction of Spermine-Alanine Functionalized Perylene Bisimide Dye Aggregates with ds-DNA/RNA Secondary Structure. Chemical Science, 3 (12), 3393-3397 doi:10.1039/c2sc20825c.

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• Dukši, M., Baretić, D. & Piantanida, I. (2012) Synthesis of the peptide-based phenanthridine- nucleobase conjugates and study of their interactions with ds-DNA. Acta chimica Slovenica, 59 (3), 464-472.

• Tumir, L., Crnolatac, I., Deligeorgiev, T., Vasilev, A., Kaloyanova, S., Grabar Branilović, M., Tomić, S. & Piantanida, I. (2012) Kinetic differentiation between homo- and alternating AT-DNA by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes. Chemistry : a European journal, 18 (13), 3859-3864 doi:10.1002/chem.201102968.

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• Wu, J., Zou, Y., Sicking, W., Piantanida, I., Yi, T. & Schmuck, C. (2012) A Molecular Peptide Beacon for the Ratiometric Sensing of Nucleic Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (4), 1958-1961 doi:10.1021/ja2103845.

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• Miljanić, S., Dijanošić, A., Landeka, K., Radić Stojković, M. & Piantanida, I. (2012) Binding of a phenanthridine-biguanide derivative with DNA/RNA polynucleotides studied by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Applied spectroscopy, 66 (1), 82-89 doi:10.1366/11-06411.

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• Hu, W., Blecking, C., Kralj, M., Šuman, L., Piantanida, I. & Schrader, T. (2012) Dimeric Calixarenes : A New Family of Major Groove Binders. Chemistry : a European journal, 18 (12), 3589-3597 doi:10.1002/chem .201100634.

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• Kaloyanova, S., Crnolatac, I., Lesev, N., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2012) Synthesis and study of nucleic acids interactions of novel monomethine cyanine dyes. Dyes and pigments, 92 (3), 1184-1191 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.08.019.

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• Klemm, K., Radić Stojković, M., Horvat, G., Tomišić, V., Piantanida, I. & Schmuck, C. (2012) Interactions of multicationic bis-guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole receptors with double stranded nucleic acids. Chemistry : a European journal, 18 (5), 1352-1363 doi:10.1002/chem.201101544.

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• Perin, N., Uzelac, L., Piantanida, I., Karminski-Zamola, G., Kralj, M. & Hranjec, M. (2011) Novel biologically active nitro and amino substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 19 (21), 6329-6339 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.09.002.

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• Čimbora-Zovko, T., Brozović, A., Piantanida, I., Fritz, G., Virag, A., Alič, B., Majce, V., Kočevar, M., Polanc, S. & Osmak, M. (2011) Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-nitro-substituted 1, 3-diaryltriazenes as a novel class of potent antitumor agents. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 46 (7), 2971-2983 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.04.024.

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• Hranjec, M., Lučić, B., Ratkaj, I., Kraljević Pavelić, S., Piantanida, I., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2011) Novel imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and triaza-benzo[c]fluorene derivatives: Synthesis, antiproliferative activity and DNA binding studies. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 46 (7), 2748-2758 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.03.062.

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• Miljanić, S., Dijanošić, A., Matošević, I. & Piantanida, I. (2011) Intercalator-DNA interactions revealed by NIR surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Vibrational spectroscopy, 57 (1), 23-29 doi:10.1016/j.vibspec.2011.04.005.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Miljanić, S., Mišković, K., Glavaš-Obrovac, L. & Piantanida, I. (2011) The phenanthridine biguanides efficiently differentiate between dGdC, dAdT and rArU sequences by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods. Molecular biosystems, 7 (5), 1753-1765 doi:10.1039/C1MB05030C.

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• Stolić, I., Mišković, K., Piantanida, I., Baus Lončar, M., Glavaš-Obrovac, L. & Bajić, M. (2011) Synthesis, DNA/RNA affinity and antitumour activity of new aromatic diamidines linked by 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 46 (2), 743-755 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.12.010.

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• Groger, K., Baretić, D., Piantanida, I., Marjanović, M., Kralj, M., Grabar, M., Tomić, S. & Schmuck, C. (2011) Guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole-aryl conjugates as nucleic acid sensors: switch of binding mode and spectroscopic responses by introducing additional binding sites into the linker. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 9 (1), 198-209 doi:10.1039/C0OB00103A.

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• Jarak, I., Marjanović, M., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2011) Novel Pentamidine Derivatives: Synthesis, Antitumor Properties and Polynucleotide-binding Activities. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 46 (7), 2807-2815 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.04.001.

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• Miljanić, S., Dijanošić, A., Piantanida, I., Meić, Z., Albelda, M., Sornosa-Ten, A. & García-Espana, E. (2011) Surface-Enhanced Raman Study of the Interactions between Tripodal Cationic Polyamines and Polynucleotides. Analyst, 136, 3185-3193 doi:10.1039/C0AN01035A.

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• Rusak, G., Piantanida, I., Mašić, L., Kapuralin, K., Durgo, K. & Kopjar, N. (2010) Spectrophotometric analysis of flavonoid-DNA interactions and DNA damaging/protecting and cytotoxic potential of flavonoids in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Chemico-biological interactions, 188 (1), 181-189 doi:10.1016/j.cbi.2010.07.008.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Marczi, S., Glavaš-Obrovac, L. & Piantanida, I. (2010) Permanent positive charge strongly influences DNA/RNA binding and antiproliferative activity of urea-phenanthridinium conjugates. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 45 (8), 3281-3292 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.04.006.

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• Sornosa-Ten, A., Albelda, M., Frías, J., García-España, E., Llinares, J., Budimir, A. & Piantanida, I. (2010) Acid-base properties of functionalised tripodal polyamines and their interaction with nucleotides and nucleic acids. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 8 (11), 2567-2574 doi:10.1039/c000124d.

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• Tumir, L. & Piantanida, I. (2010) Recognition of single stranded and double stranded DNA / RNA sequences in aqueous medium by small bis-aromatic derivatives. Mini-reviews in medicinal chemistry, 10 (4), 299-308 doi:10.2174/138955710791330990.

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• Dukši, M., Baretić, D., Čaplar, V. & Piantanida, I. (2010) Novel bis-phenanthridine derivatives with easily tunable linkers, study of their interactions with DNA and screening of antiproliferative activity. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 45 (6), 2671-2676 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.02.017.

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• Tumir, L., Grabar, M., Tomić, S. & Piantanida, I. (2010) The interactions of bis-phenanthridinium – nucleobase conjugates with nucleotides: adenine conjugate recognizes UMP in aqueous medium. Tetrahedron, 66 (13), 2501-2513 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2010.01.063.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Marjanović, M., Pawlica, D., Dudek, L., Eilmes, J., Kralj, M. & Piantanida, I. (2010) Cationic side-chains control DNA/RNA binding properties and antiproliferative activity of dicationic dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene derivatives. New journal of chemistry, 34 (3), 500-507 doi:10.1039/b9nj00490d.

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• Hernandez-Folgado, L., Baretić, D., Piantanida, I., Marjanović, M., Kralj, M., Rehm, T. & Schmuck, C. (2010) Guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole-aryl derivatives : structure tuning for spectrophotometric recognition of specific DNA and RNA sequences and antiproliferative activity. Chemistry : a European journal, 16 (10), 3036-3056 doi:10.1002/chem.200901999.

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• Vrdoljak, V., Đilović, I., Rubčić, M., Kraljević Pavelić, S., Kralj, M., Matković-Čalogović, D., Piantanida, I., Novak, P., Rožman, A. & Cindrić, M. (2010) Synthesis and characterization of thiosemicarbazonato molybdenum(VI) complexes and their in vitro antitumor activity. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 45 (1), 38-48 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.09.021.

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• Cmuk, P., Piantanida, I. & Mlakar, M. (2009) Iron(III)-complexes engaged in the biochemical processes in seawater. I. Voltammetry of Fe(III)-succinate complexes in model aqueous solution. Electroanalysis, 21 (23), 2527-2534 doi:10.1002/elan.200900238.

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• Rusak, G., Piantanida, I. & Bretschneider, Sabine, Ludwig-Müller, Jutta (2009) Complex formation of quercetin with lanthanum enhances binding to plant viral satellite double stranded RNA. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 103 (12), 1597-1601 doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.08.008.

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• Bilokapić, S., Ivić, N., Godinić-Mikulčić, V., Piantanida, I., Ban, N. & Weygand-Đurašević, I. (2009) Idiosyncratic Helix-Turn-Helix Motif in Methanosarcina barkeri Seryl-tRNA Synthetase Has a Critical Architectural Role. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (16), 10706-10713 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808501200.

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• Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Piantanida, I., Marczi, S., Mašić, L., Timcheva, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2009) Minor structural differences of monomethine cyanine derivatives yield strong variation in their interactions with DNA, RNA as well as on their in vitro antiproliferative activity. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17 (13), 4747-4755 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.04.070.

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• Pawlica, D., Radić Stojković, M., Dudek, Ł., Piantanida, I., Sieroń, L. & Eilmes, J. (2009) New dicationic derivatives of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene: tuning of the DNA/RNA binding properties. Tetrahedron, 65 (20), 3980-3989 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2009.03.030.

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• Ester, K., Hranjec, M., Piantanida, I., Ćaleta, I., Ivana, J., Pavelić, K., Kralj, M. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2009) Novel derivatives of pyridylbenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamides and benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]naphthyridin-2-ones: minor structural variations provoke major differences of antitumor action mechanisms. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 52 (8), 2482-2492 doi:10.1021/jm801573v.

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• Jones, M., Mercer, A., Stocks, P., La Pensée, L., Cosstick, R., Park, B., Kennedy, M., Piantanida, I., Ward, S., Davies, J., Bray, P., Rawe, S., Baird, J., Charidza, T., Janneh, O., Stocks, P. & O’ Neill, P. (2009) Antitumour and Antimalarial Activity of Artemisinin-Acridine Hybrids. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 19 (7), 2033-2037 doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.02.028.

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• Stolić, I., Mišković, K., Magdaleno, A., Silber, A., Piantanida, I., Bajić, M. & Glavaš-Obrovac, L. (2009) Effect of 3, 4-Ethylenedioxy- Extension of Thiophene Core on the DNA/RNA Binding Properties and Biological Activity of Bis-Benzimidazole Amidines. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 17 (6), 2544-2554 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.071.

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• Piantanida, I., Mašić, L. & Rusak, G. (2009) Structure-spectrophotometric selectivity relationship in interactions of quercetin related flavonoids with double stranded and single stranded RNA. Journal of molecular structure, 924–926, 138-143 doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.10.032.

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• Noll, S., Kralj, M., Šuman, L., Stephan, H. & Piantanida, I. (2009) Synthesis of modified pyrimidine bases and positive impact of chemically reactive substituents on their in vitro antiproliferative activity. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 44 (3), 1172-1179 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.06.002.

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• Radić Stojković, M. & Piantanida, I. (2008) Tuning urea-phenanthridinium conjugates for DNA/RNA and basepair recognition. Tetrahedron, 64 (33), 7807-7814 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2008.05.142.

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• Hranjec, M., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M., Šuman, L., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2008) Novel amidino-substituted thienyl- and furylvinylbenzimidazole derivatives and their photochemical conversion into corresponding diazacyclopenta[c]fluorenes. Synthesis, interactions with DNA and RNA and antitumor evaluation. Part 4. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 51 (16), 4899-4910 doi:10.1021/jm8000423.

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• Hernandez-Folgado, L., Schmuck, C., Tomić, S. & Piantanida, I. (2008) A novel pyrene-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole cation efficiently differentiates between ds-DNA and ds-RNA by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 18, 2977-2981 doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.060.

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• Đilović, I., Rubčić, M., Vrdoljak, V., Kraljević Pavelić, S., Kralj, M., Piantanida, I. & Cindrić, M. (2008) Novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential antitumor agents: synthesis, physico-chemical and structural properties, DNA interactions and antiproliferative activity. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 16 (9), 5189-5198 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.03.006.

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• Hranjec, M., Starčević, K., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M., Marjanović, M., Hasani, M., Westman, G. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2008) Synthesis, antitumor evaluation and DNA binding studies of novel amidino-benzimidazolyl substituted derivatives of furyl-phenyl- and thienyl-phenyl-acrylates, naphthofurans and naphthothiophenes. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 43 (12), 2877-2890 doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.02.010.

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• Hranjec, M., Kralj, M., Piantanida, I., Sedić, M., Šuman, L., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2007) Novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of styryl-2-benzimidazoles and benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines. Synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding, and antitumor evaluation, part 3. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 50 (23), 5696-5711 doi:10.1021/jm070876h.

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• Cametti, M., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Dalla Cort, A., Mandolini, L., Marjanović, M. & Kralj, M. (2007) Specific sensing of poly G by the aluminum– salophen complex. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 101 (8), 1129-1132.
• Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Marczi, S. & Glavaš-Obrovac, L. (2007) Bis-4, 9-diazapyrenium dications: synthesis of the methylenedibenzyl- analogue, interactions with nucleotides, DNA, RNA. The antitumor activity of all till now prepared analogues.. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 20 (4), 285-295.

• Marjanović, M., Kralj, M., Supek, F., Frkanec, L., Piantanida, I., Šmuc, T. & Tušek-Božić, L. (2007) Antitumor potential of crown ethers: structure activity relationships, cell cycle disturbances and cell death studies of a series of ionophores. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 50 (5), 1007-1018 doi:10.1021/jm061162u.

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• Radić Stojković, M., Piantanida, I., Kralj, M., Marjanović, M., Žinić, M., Pawlica, D. & Eilmes, J. (2007) The dicationic derivatives of DBTAA. Interactions with DNA/RNA and antiproliferative effects on human cell lines. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 15 (4), 1795-1801 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2006.11.034.

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• Pawlica, D., Radić Stojković, M., Sieron, L., Piantanida, I. & Eilmes, J. (2006) Synthesis, crystal structures and the preliminary evaluation of the new dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene-based DNA/RNA binding agents. Tetrahedron, 62 (39), 9156-9165 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2006.07.045.

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• Molčanov, K., Radić Stojković, M., Piantanida, I. & Žinić, M. (2006) Conformational axial chirality of phenyl N-[2-(acetylamido)biphenyl-4-yl]carbamate. Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online, 62 (7), o2666-o2668 doi:10.1107/S1600536806020125.

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• Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Juranović Cindrić, I., Meić, Z., Kralj, M. & Tomić, S. (2006) Synthesis of phenanthridinium bis-nucleobase conjugates, interactions with poly U, nucleotides and in vitro antitumor activity of mono- and bis-nucleobase conjugates. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 41 (10), 1153-1166.
• Starčević, K., Kralj, M., Piantanida, I., Šuman, L., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2006) Synthesis, Photochemical Synthesis, DNA Binding and Antitumor Evaluation of Novel Cyano- and Amidino-Substituted Derivatives of Naphtho-Furans, Naphtho-Thiophenes, Benzo-Thieno-Furans, Benzo-Dithiophenes and their Acyclic Precursors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 41 (8), 925-939.
• Jarak, I., Kralj, M., Piantanida, I., Šuman, L., Žinić, M., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2006) Novel Cyano- and Amidino-Substituted Derivatives of Thieno[2, 3-b]- and Thieno[3, 2-b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and Thieno[3’ , 2’ : 4, 5]thieno- and Thieno[2’ , 3’ : 4, 5]thieno [2, 3-c]quinolones: Synthesis, Photochemical Synthesis, DNA binding and Antitumor Evaluation.. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 14 (8), 2859-2868.
• Marinić, M., Piantanida, I., Rusak, G. & Žinić, M. (2006) Interactions of quercetin and its lanthane complex with double stranded DNA / RNA and single stranded RNA. Spectrophotometric sensing of poly G.. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 100 (2), 288-298.

• Kriško, A., Piantanida, I., Kveder, M., Pifat, G., Lee, A., Greilberger, J., Kipmen-Korgun, D. & Jürgens, G. (2006) The effect of heparin on structural and functional properties of low density lipoproteins. Biophysical chemistry, 119, 234-239 doi:10.1016/j.bpc.2005.09.011.

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• Malojčić, G., Piantanida, I., Marinić, M., Žinić, M., Marjanović, M., Kralj, M., Pavelić, K. & Schneider, H. (2005) A novel bis-phenanthridine triamine with pH controlled binding to nucleotides and nucleic acids. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 3, 4373 - 4382.
• Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Juranović, I., Meić, Z., Tomić, S. & Žinić, M. (2005) Recognition of homo-polynucleotides containing adenine by phenanthridinium bis-uracil conjugate in aqueous media.. Chemical communications, - (20), 2561-2563.
• Jarak, I., Kralj, M., Šuman, L., Pavlović, G., Dogan, J., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Pavelić, K. & Karminski-Zamola, G. (2005) Novel Cyano- and N-isopropylamidino-Substituted Derivatives of Benzo[b]thiophene- 2-carboxanilides and Benzo[b]thieno[2, 3-c]quinolones: Synthesis, Photochemical Synthesis, Crystal Structure Determination and Antitumor Evaluation. Part 2.. Journal of medicinal chemistry, 48, 2346-2360.
• Starčević, K., Karminski-Zamola, G., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Šuman, L. & Kralj, M. (2005) Photoinduced Switch of a DNA/RNA Inactive Molecule into a Classical Intercalator. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 1074-1075.

• Kriško, A., Piantanida, I., Kveder, M. & Pifat, G. (2004) The analysis of beta-carotene absorbance for studying structural properties of human plasma low density lipoproteins. Analytical biochemistry, 331 (1), 177-182 doi:10.1016/j.ab.2004.03.048.

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• Čaplar, V., Raza, Z., Roje, M., Tomišić, V., Horvat, G., Požar, J., Piantanida, I. & Žinić, M. (2004) Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes of 1, 5- Methylene- and Diethylmethylene-bridged Bis(oxazoline) Ligands. In situ Cu(II)-catalyzed Oxidation of Methylene Bridge. Tetrahedron, 60 (37), 8079-8087 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.06.117.

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• Piantanida, I., Palm, B., Čudić, P., Žinić, M. & Schneider, H. (2004) Interactions of acyclic and cyclic bis-phenanthridinium derivatives with ss- and ds- polynucleotides. Tetrahedron, 60, 6225-6231.
• Piantanida, I. (2003) Metode ispitivanja nekovalentnih interakcija malih organskih molekula s DNA i RNA. Detaljniji osvrt na ispitivanje interkalativnog načina vezanja.. Kemija u industriji, 52 (11), 545-552. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/146130).
• Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Juranović Cindrić, I., Hrenar, T., Meić, Z. & Žinić, M. (2003) New Permanently Charged Phenantridinium-Nucleobase Conjugates. Interactions with Nucleotides and Polynucleotides and Recognition of ds-PolyAH, J.. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 16 (12), 891-899.
• Malinovski, V., Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Schneider, H. (2002) New porphyrin-nucleobase hybrid compounds and their interaction with nucleosides and nucleic acids. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2002 (22), 3785-3795.
• Juranović, I., Meić, Z., Piantanida, I., Tumir, L. & Žinić, M. (2002) Interactions of phenanthridinium-nucleobase conjugates with polynucleotides in aqueous media. Recognition of poly U. Chemical communications, 13, 1432-1433.
• Hollosi, M., Majer, Z., Vass, E., Raza, Z., Tomišić, V., Portada, T., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Šunjić, V. (2002) Structural and chirooptical properties of acyclic and macrocyclic 1, 4-bisoxazoline ligands and their copper (I) and silver (I) complexes. European journal of inorganic chemistry, _ (7), 1738-1748.
• Tumir, L., Piantanida, I., Novak, P. & Žinić, M. (2002) Interactions of novel phenanthridinium-nucleobase conjugates with complementary and non-complementary nucleotides in aqueous media. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 15 (8), 599-607.
• Piantanida, I., Palm, B., Žinić, M. & Schneider, H. (2001) A new 4,9-diazapyrenium intercalator for single and double stranded nucleic acids: distinct differences from related diazapyrenium compounds and ethidium bromide. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2 (2001),, 1808-1816.
• Piantanida, I., Palm, B., Čudić, P., Žinić, M. & Schneider, H. (2001) Phenanthridinium cyclobisintercalands. Fluorescence sensing of AMP and selective binding to single-stranded nucleic acids. Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 6779-6783.

• Palm, B., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Schneider, H. (2000) The Interaction of New 4.9-Diazapyrenium Compounds with Double Stranded Nucleic Acids. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 2, 385-392 doi:10.1039/A905307G.

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• Piantanida, I., Tomišić, V. & Žinić, M. (2000) 4, 9-Diazapyrenium cations. Synthesis, physico-chemical properties and binding of nucleotides in water. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, _ (2), 375-383 doi:10.1039/A905306I.

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• Roknić, S., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Karner, I., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M. & Pavelić, K. (2000) In vitro cytotoxicity of three 4,9-diazapyrenium hydrogensulfate derivatives on different human tumor cell lines. Chemotherapy, 46 (2), 143-149.

• Kiralj, R., Kojić-Prodić, B., Piantanida, I. & Žinić, M. (1999) Crystal and molecular structures of diazapyrenes and a study of pi center dot center dot center dot pi interactions. Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science, 55 (1), 55-69 doi:10.1107/S0108768198006557.

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• Steiner-Biočić, I., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Karner, I., Piantanida, I., Žinić, M., Pavelić, K. & Pavelić, J. (1996) 4,9-Diazapyrenium Dications Induce Apoptosis in Human Tumor Cells. Anticancer Research, 16, 3705-3708.

• Šindler-Kulyk, M., Kragol, G., Piantanida, I., Tomšić, S., Vujković-Cvijin, I., Marinić, Ž. & Metelko, B. (1996) Photochemistry of β-(5-substituted-2-furyl)-o-divinylbenzenes: substituent effects on the reaction course. Croatica chemica acta, 69 (4), 1593-1602.

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Patenti

• Institut (2004) In situ sinteza interkalatora u svrhu antitumorske fotodinamičke terapije.
• Žinić, M., Piantanida, I. & Steiner-Biočić, I. (2003) Postupak za pripravu diazapirenskih i diazapirenijevih derivata s antitumorskim djelovanjem.

Ocjenski radovi

Doktorske disertacije

• Piantanida, I. (2001) 'Sinteza novih 4,9-diazapirenijevih i fenantridinijevih derivata te ispitivanje njihovih interakcija s nukleotidima i DNA', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Magistarski radovi

• Piantanida, I. 'Sinteza 4.9-diazapirenijevih kationa i studij njihovih interakcija s nukleotidima', magistarski rad, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb.

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