Tuning of conformational preorganization in model 2′,5′- and 3′,5′-linked oligonucleotides by 3′- and 2′-O-methoxyethyl modification

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2066-2076

  Polak, Matjaž ^b   Manoharan, Muthiah ^a   Inamati, Gopal B ^a   Plavec, Janez ^b  

^a ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SUGAR; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA JAPONICUM;

DIMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038137219     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg305     Document Type: Article

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