Intercalating Nucleic Acids: The Influence of Linker Length and Intercalator Type on Their Duplex Stabilities

  • Ulf B. Christensen
  • , Michael Wamberg
  • , Farag A.G. El-Essawy
  • , Abd El Hamid Ismail
  • , Christina B. Nielsen
  • , Vyacheslav V. Filichev
  • , Carsten H. Jessen
  • , Michael Petersen
  • , Erik B. Pedersen

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Abstract

Six new examples of intercalating nucleic acids were synthesized in order to evaluate the dependence of the length of the linker between oligo and intercalator on the thermal stability of their corresponding duplexes and triplexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)207-225
Number of pages19
JournalNucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
Volume23
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 7,9-Dimethylpyrido[3′,2′ :4,5]thieno[3,2-d] pyrimidine-4(1H)-one
  • DNA duplex stability of intercalating nucleic acids
  • Intercalating nucleic acids
  • Oligonucleotides with covalently bound intercalators
  • Pyrene intercalators

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