Synthesis and triplex-forming ability of 2′,4′-BNAs bearing imidazoles as a nucleobase

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 843-846

  Hari, Yoshiyuki ^a,c   Obika, Satoshi ^a,b   Inohara, Hiroyasu ^a   Ikejiri, Masahiro ^a   Une, Daisuke ^a   Imanishi, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imidazole; Locked nucleic acid (LNA); Methylene bridged nucleic acid (BNA); Oligonucleotide; Triplex

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944471750     PISSN: 00092363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.53.843     Document Type: Article

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