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Synthesis and base recognition ability of oligoribonucleotides incorporating 2'-O-methyl-3-deazaguanosine
1 Frontier Collaborative Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2 Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 3 CREST, JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), Nagatsuda, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
2'-O-Methyl-Oligoribonucleotides incorporating a 3-deazaguanine (3DG) were synthesized. Melting temperature (Tm value) analysis indicates the stability and base discriminating ability of the 2'-O-methl-RNA/RNA duplex.