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Nucleic acid duplexes with zippers of additional nucleobases and aromatics in minor or major groove
ilová
alkaNucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
*Corresponding Author. E-mail: pon{at}ifk.sdu.dk
Abstract
Two series of thymidine derivatives with additional nucleobases/aromatics attached to either the 5'(S)-C- or the 5-position were prepared by epoxide opening and/or "click chemistry" cycloaddition protocols and introduced into DNA duplexes. Interstrand base-base communication in the minor groove and intrastrand stacking interactions in the major groove were detected.