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Chandankar SS, Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. Purine DNA Constructs Designed to Expand the Genetic Code: Functionalization, Impact of Ionic Forms, and Molecular Recognition of 7-Deazaxanthine-7-Deazapurine-2,6-diamine Base Pairs and Their Purine Counterparts. J Org Chem 2023; 88:13149-13168. [PMID: 37669119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
Abstract
Purine DNA represents an alternative pairing system formed by two purines in the base pair with the recognition elements of Watson-Crick DNA. Base functionalization of 7-deaza-2'-deoxyxanthosine with ethynyl and octadiynyl residues led to clickable side chain derivatives with short and long linker arms. As complementary bases, purine-2,6-diamine or 7-deazapurine-2,6-diamine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides were used. 7-Deaza-7-iodo-2'-deoxyxanthosine served as a starting material for Sonogashira cross-coupling and the p-nitrophenylethyl group for base protection. Phosphoramidite building blocks for DNA synthesis were prepared. Oligonucleotides containing single modifications or runs of three purine base pairs embedded in 12-mer Watson-Crick DNA were synthesized and hybridized with complementary strands with purine- or 7-deazapurine-2,6-diamine located opposite to the xanthine derivatives. The stability of base pairs was evaluated in a comparative study on the basis of DNA melting experiments and Tm values. As 7-deazaxanthine and xanthine nucleosides form anionic forms at neutral pH, duplex stability became pK-dependent, and the system with 7-deazapurine displayed a significant higher stability as that containing xanthine. Alkynyl side chains are well accommodated in the purine-purine helix. Click adducts with pyrene showed that short linker arms destabilize duplexes, whereas long linkers increase duplex stability. CD and fluorescence measurements provide further insights into purine-purine base pairing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Somnath Shivaji Chandankar
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Kondhare D, Leonard P, Seela F. The Base Pairs of Isoguanine and 8-Aza-7-deazaisoguanine with 5-Methylisocytosine as Targets for DNA Functionalization. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:422-432. [PMID: 36735859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The isoguanine-isocytosine base pair (isoG-isoC) represents an important expansion of the DNA coding system. The base pair is more stable than the canonical adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine pairs. However, nothing is known on the functionalization of the noncanonical isoG-isoC pair at the isoguanine site. In this work, functionalization of the isoG-isoC and the isosteric base pair that contains 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine in place of isoguanine is studied. Short ethynyl, more space demanding octadiynyl, and dendritic tripropargylamine residues attached to the isoG-isoC base pairs were introduced to oligonucleotides. 12-mer duplexes were formed by hybridization with single base pair modification. The use of the two modified nucleobases gave us the freedom to shift nucleobase substituents within the major groove of double helical DNA. Clickable side chains at position-7 stabilize the base pair, whereas 8-substituents reduce its stability strongly. The weak isoguanine-thymine or 8-aza-7-deazaisoguanine-thymine base pairs show a similar sensitivity to the position of nucleobase functionalization as base pair matches formed with 5-methylisocytosine. CD spectra of all modified duplexes display the typical shape of a B-DNA with only marginal changes. Fluorescent pyrene labeled DNA with long, short, and branched linkers was generated using click chemistry. Pyrene click adducts with long linkers are essential to maintain or to increase base pair stability. Labeled duplexes are more fluorescent than corresponding single strands. For the dendritic linker excimer emission was observed for single strands but only monomer emission in duplexes.
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- Dasharath Kondhare
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Ohshiro T, Verma RK, Yokota K, Tsutsui M, Mukherjee S, Kawai T, Nakatani K, Taniguchi M. Electrical Nucleotide Sensor Based on Synthetic Guanine-Receptor-Modified Electrodes. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201702341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Takahito Ohshiro
- Bio-nanotechnology Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Bio-nanotechnology Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Bio-nanotechnology Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Bio-nanotechnology Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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- Bio-nanotechnology Laboratory, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR); Osaka University; 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki Osaka 567-0047 Japan
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Karalkar NB, Khare K, Molt R, Benner SA. Tautomeric equilibria of isoguanine and related purine analogs. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2017; 36:256-274. [PMID: 28332916 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2016.1268694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nucleobase pairs in DNA match hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor groups on the nucleobases. However, these can adopt more than one tautomeric form, and can consequently pair with nucleobases other than their canonical complements, possibly a source of natural mutation. These issues are now being re-visited by synthetic biologists increasing the number of replicable pairs in DNA by exploiting unnatural hydrogen bonding patterns, where tautomerism can also create mutation. Here, we combine spectroscopic measurements on methylated analogs of isoguanine tautomers and tautomeric mixtures with statistical analyses to a set of isoguanine analogs, the complement of isocytosine, the 5th and 6th "letters" in DNA.
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- Nilesh B Karalkar
- a Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME) , Alachua , FL , USA
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- b Department of Statistics , University of Florida , Gainesville FL , USA
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- c Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis , Indianapolis , IN , USA.,d ENSCO, Inc. , Melbourne , FL , USA
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- a Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME) , Alachua , FL , USA
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Albrecht L, Wilson KA, Wetmore SD. Computational Evaluation of Nucleotide Insertion Opposite Expanded and Widened DNA by the Translesion Synthesis Polymerase Dpo4. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21070822. [PMID: 27347908 PMCID: PMC6273265 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21070822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Expanded (x) and widened (y) deoxyribose nucleic acids (DNA) have an extra benzene ring incorporated either horizontally (xDNA) or vertically (yDNA) between a natural pyrimidine base and the deoxyribose, or between the 5- and 6-membered rings of a natural purine. Far-reaching applications for (x,y)DNA include nucleic acid probes and extending the natural genetic code. Since modified nucleobases must encode information that can be passed to the next generation in order to be a useful extension of the genetic code, the ability of translesion (bypass) polymerases to replicate modified bases is an active area of research. The common model bypass polymerase DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4) has been previously shown to successfully replicate and extend past a single modified nucleobase on a template DNA strand. In the current study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to evaluate the accommodation of expanded/widened nucleobases in the Dpo4 active site, providing the first structural information on the replication of (x,y)DNA. Our results indicate that the Dpo4 catalytic (palm) domain is not significantly impacted by the (x,y)DNA bases. Instead, the template strand is displaced to accommodate the increased C1’–C1’ base-pair distance. The structural insights unveiled in the present work not only increase our fundamental understanding of Dpo4 replication, but also reveal the process by which Dpo4 replicates (x,y)DNA, and thereby will contribute to the optimization of high fidelity and efficient polymerases for the replication of modified nucleobases.
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- Laura Albrecht
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge Alberta, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge Alberta, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge Alberta, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.
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Morihiro K, Hoshino H, Hasegawa O, Kasahara Y, Nakajima K, Kuwahara M, Tsunoda SI, Obika S. Polymerase incorporation of a 2'-deoxynucleoside-5'-triphosphate bearing a 4-hydroxy-2-mercaptobenzimidazole nucleobase analogue. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:2888-91. [PMID: 26048797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Here, we describe the enzymatic construction of a new larger base pair formed between adenine (A) and a 4-hydroxy-2-mercaptobenzimidazole (SB) nucleobase analogue. We investigated the enzymatic incorporation of 2'-deoxynucleoside-5'-triphosphate bearing a SB nucleobase analogue (dSBTP) into oligonucleotides (ONs) by DNA polymerases. dSBTP could be effectively incorporated at the site opposite a dA in a DNA template by several B family DNA polymerases. These findings provide new insights into various aspects of biotechnology, including the design of non-natural base pairs.
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- Kunihiko Morihiro
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-Cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-Cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Zhou J, Sayre DA, Zheng Y, Szmacinski H, Sintim HO. Unexpected complex formation between coralyne and cyclic diadenosine monophosphate providing a simple fluorescent turn-on assay to detect this bacterial second messenger. Anal Chem 2014; 86:2412-20. [PMID: 24494631 PMCID: PMC3983017 DOI: 10.1021/ac403203x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cyclic
diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) has emerged as an important
dinucleotide that is involved in several processes in bacteria, including
cell wall remodeling (and therefore resistance to antibiotics that
target bacterial cell wall). Small molecules that target c-di-AMP
metabolism enzymes have the potential to be used as antibiotics. Coralyne
is known to form strong complexes with polyadenine containing eight
or more adenine stretches but not with short polyadenine oligonucleotides.
Using a panel of techniques (UV, both steady state fluorescence and
fluorescence lifetime measurements, circular dichroism (CD), NMR,
and Job plots), we demonstrate that c-di-AMP, which contains only
two adenine bases is an exception to this rule and that it can form
complexes with coralyne, even at low micromolar concentrations. Interestingly,
pApA (the linear analog of c-di-AMP that also contains two adenines)
or cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP, another nucleotide second messenger
in bacteria) did not form any complex with coralyne. Unlike polyadenine,
which forms a 2:1 complex with coralyne, c-di-AMP forms a higher order
complex with coralyne (≥6:1). Additionally, whereas polyadenine
reduces the fluorescence of coralyne when bound, c-di-AMP enhances
the fluorescence of coralyne. We use the quenching property of halides
to selectively quench the fluorescence of unbound coralyne but not
that of coralyne bound to c-di-AMP. Using this simple selective quenching
strategy, the assay could be used to monitor the synthesis of c-di-AMP
by DisA or the degradation of c-di-AMP by YybT. Apart from the practical
utility of this assay for c-di-AMP research, this work also demonstrates
that, when administered to cells, intercalators might not only associate
with polynucleotides, such as DNA or RNA, but also could associate
with cyclic dinucleotides to disrupt or modulate signal transduction
processes mediated by these nucleotides.
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- Jie Zhou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Brovarets’ OO, Zhurakivsky RO, Hovorun DM. A QM/QTAIM microstructural analysis of the tautomerisationviathe DPT of the hypoxanthine·adenine nucleobase pair. Mol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.877170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Winnacker M, Kool ET. Artificial genetic sets composed of size-expanded base pairs. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:12498-508. [PMID: 24249550 PMCID: PMC5497059 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
We describe in this Minireview the synthesis, properties, and applications of artificial genetic sets built from base pairs that are larger than the natural Watson-Crick architecture. Such designed systems are being explored by several research groups to investigate basic chemical questions regarding the functions of the genetic information storage systems and thus of the origin and evolution of life. For example, is the terrestrial DNA structure the only viable one, or can other architectures function as well? Working outside the constraints of purine-pyrimidine geometry provides more chemical flexibility in design, and the added size confers useful properties such as high binding affinity and helix stability as well as fluorescence. These features are useful for the investigation of fundamental biochemical questions as well as in the development of new biotechnological, biomedical, and nanostructural tools and methods.
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- Malte Winnacker
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (USA)
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Winnacker M, Kool ET. Künstliche genetische Systeme bestehend aus vergrößerten Basenpaaren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201305267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kuruvilla E, Schuster GB, Hud NV. Enhanced nonenzymatic ligation of homopurine miniduplexes: support for greater base stacking in a pre-RNA world. Chembiochem 2012; 14:45-8. [PMID: 23225671 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The ancestors of RNA? There is a long-standing proposal that contemporary nucleic acids might have evolved from RNA-like polymers that utilized only purine-purine base pairs. Here we demonstrate the great advantage that increased nucleobase stacking area provides for nonenzymatic ligation.
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- Elizabeth Kuruvilla
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
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