Varley A, Desaulniers JP. Synthesis of 5’-fluorophosphate-modified short-interfering RNAs.
NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2022;
42:358-370. [PMID:
36408961 DOI:
10.1080/15257770.2022.2148693]
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Abstract
We have developed an improved scheme for the synthesis of a mono-fluorinated phosphoramidite for the 5'-modification of nucleic acids using standard phosphoramidite chemistry. We describe the first report of a phosphofluoridate modified siRNA strand and have evaluated C18 HPLC for purification of modified strands from unreacted siRNA strands. Lastly, the biological activity of the high purity siRNA strands, when placed on the sense and/or antisense strand, was evaluated to assess the impact of 5' phosphofluoridate modifications on siRNA activity.
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