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Leisegang MS, Warwick T, Stötzel J, Brandes RP. RNA-DNA triplexes: molecular mechanisms and functional relevance. Trends Biochem Sci 2024; 49:532-544. [PMID: 38582689 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Interactions of RNA with DNA are principles of gene expression control that have recently gained considerable attention. Among RNA-DNA interactions are R-loops and RNA-DNA hybrid G-quadruplexes, as well as RNA-DNA triplexes. It is proposed that RNA-DNA triplexes guide RNA-associated regulatory proteins to specific genomic locations, influencing transcription and epigenetic decision making. Although triplex formation initially was considered solely an in vitro event, recent progress in computational, biochemical, and biophysical methods support in vivo functionality with relevance for gene expression control. Here, we review the central methodology and biology of triplexes, outline paradigms required for triplex function, and provide examples of physiologically important triplex-forming long non-coding RNAs.
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- Matthias S Leisegang
- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site RheinMain, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site RheinMain, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site RheinMain, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site RheinMain, Frankfurt, Germany
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Bhingardeve P, Jain P, Ganesh KN. Molecular Assembly of Triplex of Duplexes from Homothyminyl-Homocytosinyl Cγ( S/ R)-Bimodal Peptide Nucleic Acids with dA 8/dG 6 and the Cell Permeability of Bimodal Peptide Nucleic Acids. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:19757-19770. [PMID: 34368563 PMCID: PMC8340421 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are analogues of DNA with a neutral acyclic polyamide backbone containing nucleobases attached through a t-amide link on repeating units of aminoethylglycine (aeg). They bind to complementary DNA or RNA in a sequence-specific manner to form duplexes with higher stablity than DNA:DNA and DNA:RNA hybrids. We have recently explored a new type of PNA termed bimodal PNA (bm-PNA) designed with two nucleobases per aeg repeating unit of PNA oligomer and attached at Cα or Cγ of each aeg unit through a spacer sidechain. We demonstrated that Cγ-bimodal PNA oligomers with mixed nucleobase sequences bind concurrently two different complementary DNAs, forming double duplexes, one from each t-amide and Cγ face, sharing a common PNA backbone. In such bm-PNA:DNA ternary complexes, the two duplexes show higher thermal stability than individual duplexes. Herein, we show that Cγ(S/R)-bimodal PNAs with homothymines (T8) on a t-amide face and homocytosine (C6) on a Cγ-face form a conjoined pentameric complex consisting of a triplex (bm-PNA-T8)2:dA8 and two duplexes of bm-PNA-C6:dG6. The pentameric complex [dG6:Cγ(S/R)-bm-PNA:dA8:Cγ(S/R)-bm-PNA:dG6] exhibits higher thermal stability than the individual triplex and duplex, with Cγ(S)-bm-PNA complexes being more stable than Cγ(R)-bm-PNA complexes. The conjoined duplexes of Cγ-bimodal PNAs can be used to generate novel higher-order assemblies with DNA and RNA. The Cγ(S/R)-bimodal PNAs are shown to enter MCF7 and NIH 3T3 cells and exhibit low toxicity to cells.
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- Pramod Bhingardeve
- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Karkambadi Road, Mangalam, Tirupati 517507, India
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Liu H, Yang Y, Ge Y, Liu J, Zhao Y. TERC promotes cellular inflammatory response independent of telomerase. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:8084-8095. [PMID: 31294790 PMCID: PMC6735767 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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TERC is an RNA component of telomerase. However, TERC is also ubiquitously expressed in most human terminally differentiated cells, which don't have telomerase activity. The function of TERC in these cells is largely unknown. Here, we report that TERC enhances the expression and secretion of inflammatory cytokines by stimulating NK-κB pathway in a telomerase-independent manner. The ectopic expression of TERC in telomerase-negative cells alters the expression of 431 genes with high enrichment of those involved in cellular immunity. We perform genome-wide screening using a previously identified 'binding motif' of TERC and identify 14 genes that are transcriptionally regulated by TERC. Among them, four genes (LIN37, TPRG1L, TYROBP and USP16) are demonstrated to stimulate the activation of NK-κB pathway. Mechanistically, TERC associates with the promoter of these genes through forming RNA-DNA triplexes, thereby enhancing their transcription. In vivo, expression levels of TERC and TERC target genes (TYROBP, TPRG1L and USP16) are upregulated in patients with inflammation-related diseases such as type II diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Collectively, these results reveal an unknown function of TERC on stimulating inflammatory response and highlight a new mechanism by which TERC modulates gene transcription. TERC may be a new target for the development of anti-inflammation therapeutics.
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- Haiying Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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Mandal P, Sahoo D, Saha S, Chowdhury J. Sensing of Different Human Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA Topologies by Natural Alkaloid Allocryptopine Using Spectroscopic Techniques. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:10279-10290. [PMID: 30346761 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Paulami Mandal
- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Physics, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768 019, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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Dong ZQ, Hu N, Zhang J, Chen TT, Cao MY, Li HQ, Lei XJ, Chen P, Lu C, Pan MH. Oligomerization of Baculovirus LEF-11 Is Involved in Viral DNA Replication. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144930. [PMID: 26660313 PMCID: PMC4678028 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have previously reported that baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) late expression factor 11 (lef-11) is associated with viral DNA replication and have demonstrated that it potentially interacts with itself; however, whether LEF-11 forms oligomers and the impact of LEF-11 oligomerization on viral function have not been substantiated. In this study, we first demonstrated that LEF-11 is capable of forming oligomers. Additionally, a series of analyses using BmNPV LEF-11 truncation mutants indicated that two distinct domains control LEF-11 oligomerization (aa 42–61 and aa 72–101). LEF-11 truncation constructs were inserted into a lef-11-knockout BmNPV bacmid, which was used to demonstrate that truncated LEF-11 lacking either oligomerization domain abrogates viral DNA replication. Finally, site-directed mutagenesis was used to determine that the conserved hydrophobic residues Y58&I59 (representing Y58 and I59), I85 and L88&L89 (representing L88 and L89) are required for LEF-11 oligomerization and viral DNA replication. Collectively, these data indicate that BmNPV LEF-11 oligomerization influences viral DNA replication.
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- Zhan-Qi Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
- Institutes of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
- * E-mail: (CL); (MP)
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
- * E-mail: (CL); (MP)
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Zhou H, Hintze BJ, Kimsey IJ, Sathyamoorthy B, Yang S, Richardson JS, Al-Hashimi HM. New insights into Hoogsteen base pairs in DNA duplexes from a structure-based survey. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:3420-33. [PMID: 25813047 PMCID: PMC4402545 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hoogsteen (HG) base pairs (bps) provide an alternative pairing geometry to Watson-Crick (WC) bps and can play unique functional roles in duplex DNA. Here, we use structural features unique to HG bps (syn purine base, HG hydrogen bonds and constricted C1'-C1' distance across the bp) to search for HG bps in X-ray structures of DNA duplexes in the Protein Data Bank. The survey identifies 106 A•T and 34 G•C HG bps in DNA duplexes, many of which are undocumented in the literature. It also uncovers HG-like bps with syn purines lacking HG hydrogen bonds or constricted C1'-C1' distances that are analogous to conformations that have been proposed to populate the WC-to-HG transition pathway. The survey reveals HG preferences similar to those observed for transient HG bps in solution by nuclear magnetic resonance, including stronger preferences for A•T versus G•C bps, TA versus GG steps, and also suggests enrichment at terminal ends with a preference for 5'-purine. HG bps induce small local perturbations in neighboring bps and, surprisingly, a small but significant degree of DNA bending (∼14°) directed toward the major groove. The survey provides insights into the preferences and structural consequences of HG bps in duplex DNA.
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- Huiqing Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Evans K, Bhamra I, Wheelhouse RT, Arnold JRP, Cosstick R, Fisher J. Stabilization of a Bimolecular Triplex by 3'-S-Phosphorothiolate Modifications: An NMR and UV Thermal Melting Investigation. Chemistry 2015; 21:7278-84. [PMID: 25802084 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Triplexes formed from oligonucleic acids are key to a number of biological processes. They have attracted attention as molecular biology tools and as a result of their relevance in novel therapeutic strategies. The recognition properties of single-stranded nucleic acids are also relevant in third-strand binding. Thus, there has been considerable activity in generating such moieties, referred to as triplex forming oligonucleotides (TFOs). Triplexes, composed of Watson-Crick (W-C) base-paired DNA duplexes and a Hoogsteen base-paired RNA strand, are reported to be more thermodynamically stable than those in which the third strand is DNA. Consequently, synthetic efforts have been focused on developing TFOs with RNA-like structural properties. Here, the structural and stability studies of such a TFO, composed of deoxynucleic acids, but with 3'-S-phosphorothiolate (3'-SP) linkages at two sites is described. The modification results in an increase in triplex melting temperature as determined by UV absorption measurements. (1) H NMR analysis and structure generation for the (hairpin) duplex component and the native and modified triplexes revealed that the double helix is not significantly altered by the major groove binding of either TFO. However, the triplex involving the 3'-SP modifications is more compact. The 3'-SP modification was previously shown to stabilise G-quadruplex and i-motif structures and therefore is now proposed as a generic solution to stabilising multi-stranded DNA structures.
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- Kathryn Evans
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT (UK)
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Ghobadi MZ, Kompany-Zareh M. Application of supervised Kohonen map and counter propagation neural network for classification of nucleic acid structures based on their circular dichroism spectra. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 132:345-354. [PMID: 24878442 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.04.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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One of the most popular instrumental methods to detect the DNA structure is circular dichroism. Specific experimental conditions are required to form different structures of DNA. However, there is the possibility of different structures establishing in the similar circumstance. So, methods development to improve the classification and prediction of structures using their spectra information are needed. To this end, we applied unsupervised (PCA) and supervised (PLS-DA, SKN, and CPNN) approaches to classify CD spectra dataset of different DNA sequences (random coil (ss-DNA), duplex, hairpin, reversed and normal triplex, parallel and antiparallel G-quadruplex, and i-motif). The main part of this work concentrates on the application of artificial neural networks and weight analysis to obtain more classification and prediction accuracy. For this purpose, the trained network was run 10 times, and the average weights were taken. Also, weight analysis was done for the prediction of mixture samples include different structures. The results prove that new method of weights analysis based on SKN and CPNN is useful for classification of complicated data such as different types of DNA structures.
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- Mohadeseh Zarei Ghobadi
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran; Department of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Beck A, Vijayanathan V, Thomas T, Thomas TJ. Ionic microenvironmental effects on triplex DNA stabilization: cationic counterion effects on poly(dT)·poly(dA)·poly(dT). Biochimie 2013; 95:1310-8. [PMID: 23454377 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The structure and conformation of nucleic acids are influenced by metal ions, polyamines, and the microenvironment. In poly(purine) · poly(pyrimidine) sequences, triplex DNA formation is facilitated by metal ions, polyamines and other ligands. We studied the effects of mono- and di-valent metal ions, and ammonium salts on the stability of triple- and double-stranded structures formed from poly(dA) and poly(dT) by measuring their respective melting temperatures. In the presence of metal ions, the absorbance versus temperature profile showed two transitions: Tm1 for triplex to duplex and single stranded DNA, and Tm2 for duplex DNA melting to single stranded DNA. Monovalent cations (Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Rb(+), Cs(+) and [Formula: see text] ) promoted triplex DNA at concentrations ≥150 mM. Tm1 varied from 49.8 °C in the presence of 150 mM Li(+) to 30.6 °C in the presence of 150 mM K(+). [Formula: see text] was very effective in stabilizing triplex DNA and its efficacy decreased with increasing substitution of the hydrogen atoms with methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl groups. As in the case of monovalent cations, a concentration-dependent increase in Tm1 was observed with divalent ions and triplex DNA stabilization decreased in the order: Mg(2+) > Ca(2+) > Sr(2+) > Ba(2+). All positively charged cations increased the melting temperature of duplex DNA. Values of Δn (number of ions released) on triplex DNA melting were 0.46 ± 0.06 and 0.18 ± 0.02, respectively, for mono- and di-valent cations, as calculated from 1/Tm1 versus ln[M(+,2+)] plots. The corresponding values for duplex DNA were 0.25 ± 0.02 and 0.12 ± 0.02, respectively, for mono- and di-valent cations. Circular dichroism spectroscopic studies showed distinct conformational changes in triplex DNA stabilized by alkali metal and ammonium ions. Our results might be useful in developing triplex forming oligonucleotide based gene silencing techniques.
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- Amanda Beck
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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Ito KR, Kodama T, Makimura F, Hosoki N, Osaki T, Orita A, Imanishi T, Obika S. Cleavage of oligonucleotides containing a P3'→N5' phosphoramidate linkage mediated by single-stranded oligonucleotide templates. Molecules 2011; 16:10695-708. [PMID: 22186956 PMCID: PMC6264227 DOI: 10.3390/molecules161210695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) templates can hybridize to and accelerate cleavage of oligonucleotides containing a P3'→N5' phosphoramidate (P-N) linkage. This dsDNA-templated cleavage of P-N linkages could be due to conformational strain placed on the linkage upon triplex formation. To determine whether duplex formation also induced conformational strain, we examined the reactivity of the oligonucleotides with a P-N linkage in the presence of single-stranded templates, and compared these reactions to those with dsDNA templates. P-N oligonucleotides that are cleaved upon duplex formation could be used as probes to detect single-stranded nucleic acids.
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- Kosuke Ramon Ito
- 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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- 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
- BNA Inc., 7-7-20 Saito-asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- BNA Inc., 7-7-20 Saito-asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel.: +81-6-6879-8200; Fax: +81-6-6879-8204
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Glazko VI. Nano- and microscales in genetic material organization: On the issue of Lima-de-Faria "chromosome fields". DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2011; 436:5-7. [PMID: 21369892 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672911010030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- V I Glazko
- Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Timiryazeva 47, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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Schneider UV, Mikkelsen ND, Jøhnk N, Okkels LM, Westh H, Lisby G. Optimal design of parallel triplex forming oligonucleotides containing Twisted Intercalating Nucleic Acids--TINA. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:4394-403. [PMID: 20338879 PMCID: PMC2910062 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Twisted intercalating nucleic acid (TINA) is a novel intercalator and stabilizer of Hoogsteen type parallel triplex formations (PT). Specific design rules for position of TINA in triplex forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) have not previously been presented. We describe a complete collection of easy and robust design rules based upon more than 2500 melting points (Tm) determined by FRET. To increase the sensitivity of PT, multiple TINAs should be placed with at least 3 nt in-between or preferable one TINA for each half helixturn and/or whole helixturn. We find that ΔTm of base mismatches on PT is remarkably high (between 7.4 and 15.2°C) compared to antiparallel duplexes (between 3.8 and 9.4°C). The specificity of PT by ΔTm increases when shorter TFOs and higher pH are chosen. To increase ΔTms, base mismatches should be placed in the center of the TFO and when feasible, A, C or T to G base mismatches should be avoided. Base mismatches can be neutralized by intercalation of a TINA on each side of the base mismatch and masked by a TINA intercalating direct 3′ (preferable) or 5′ of it. We predict that TINA stabilized PT will improve the sensitivity and specificity of DNA based clinical diagnostic assays.
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- Uffe V Schneider
- QuantiBact Inc, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaards Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.
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Brossalina EB, Demchenko EN, Demchenko IN, Vlassov VV. [Sequence-specific interaction of pyrimidine oligonucleotides with double-stranded DNA at acidic pH complexes of different types]. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2009; 35:657-64. [PMID: 19915644 DOI: 10.1134/s1068162009050094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The interaction of pyrimidine oligonucleotides (OLN(15) and OLN(6)) and their alkylating derivatives bearing 4-(3-amino)-N-methyl and N-2-chloroethyl (RCl) aniline residues at the 5'-phosphate with a fragment of the human gamma-interferon gene was studied. In the presence of 150 mM NaCl at pH 5.4, the yield of dsDNA alkylation was 60% for RCl-OLN(15) and 10% for RCl-OLN(6); at pH 4.0 in the presence of 150 mM NaCl and 10 mM MgCl2, the yield of the dsDNA modification product was 100% for RCl-OLN(6) and 50% for RCl-OLN(15). It was shown by native electrophoresis that OLN(15) could form with the target dsDNA complexes of two types in the presence of magnesium ions at pH 4.0. One of the complexes was stable at pH 5.4 in the presence of magnesium ions, whereas the other was not. We found that only the complex stable in 10 mM Mg(OAc)2, pH 5.4, was effectively alkylated.
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- E B Brossalina
- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novisibirsk, Russia
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Englund EA, Xu Q, Witschi MA, Appella DH. PNA-DNA duplexes, triplexes, and quadruplexes are stabilized with trans-cyclopentane units. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 128:16456-7. [PMID: 17177367 DOI: 10.1021/ja064317w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are non-natural nucleic acid mimics that bind to complementary DNA and RNA with high affinity and selectivity. PNA can bind to nucleic acids in a number of different ways. Currently, the formation of PNA-oligonucleotide duplex, triplex, and quadruplex structures have been reported. PNAs have been used in numerous biomedicial applications, but there are few strategies to predictably improve the binding properties of PNAs by backbone modification. We have been studying the benefits of incorporating (S,S)-trans-cyclopentane diamine units (tcyp) into the PNA backbone. In this Communication, we report the improvement in stability associated with tcyp incorporation into PNA-DNA duplexes, triplexes, and quadruplexes. The broad utility of this modification across multiple types of PNA structures is unique and should prove useful in the development of applications that rely on PNA.
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- Ethan A Englund
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Renneberg D, Leumann CJ. Exploring Hoogsteen and reversed-Hoogsteen duplex and triplex formation with tricyclo-DNA purine sequences. Chembiochem 2005; 5:1114-8. [PMID: 15300836 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The duplex- and triplex-formation properties of the tricyclo-DNA purine decamer 5'p-gagaaggaaa-3' as a single strand or as part of a hairpin duplex with corresponding parallel and antiparallel pyrimidine DNA and RNA complements, as well as with antiparallel purine DNA and RNA complements, were investigated by UV melting curve analysis, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and gel mobility shift experiments. It was found that tricyclo-DNA forms very stable duplexes with the pyrimidine RNA and DNA complements not only in the Watson-Crick pairing mode, but also in the Hoogsteen one. Below pH 6.0, the tc-DNA/DNA and tc-DNA/RNA Hoogsteen duplexes were found to be more stable than the corresponding Watson-Crick DNA duplexes. Triplexes of the hairpin structure with parallel pyrimidine complements revealed even stronger Hoogsteen pairing relative to the duplexes, presumably due to structural preorganization phenomena. Triplex formation with antiparallel pyrimidine and purine third strands (reversed-Hoogsteen motif) could not be observed and seem to be unstable.
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- Dorte Renneberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Mondragón-Sánchez J, Liquier J, Gryaznov S, Taillandier E. A pyrimidine motif DNA triplex with a third N3′→P5′ phosphoramidate d-C,T strand studied by FTIR and UV spectroscopy. J Mol Struct 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2860(03)00518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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SITOHY MAHMOUD, CHOBERT JEANMARC, GAUDIN JEANCHARLES, RENAC TIPHAINE, HAERTLÉ THOMAS. WHEN POSITIVELY CHARGED MILK PROTEINS CAN BIND TO DNA. J Food Biochem 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2002.tb00770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lee J, Park M, Son HS, Lee SB, Lee HC, Ku JK, Park JW. Anomalously high cooperativity of oligodeoxycytidylic acid for luminescence resonance energy transfer to lanthanide ions. Biopolymers 2002; 67:413-20. [PMID: 12209449 DOI: 10.1002/bip.10160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The luminescence of terbium(III) and europium(III) through luminescence resonance energy transfer from mononucleotides and oligodeoxynucleotides is examined. Among mononucleotides, dGMP gives the strongest luminescence of terbium(III), while dTMP and dCMP yield a luminescence intensity of europium(III) that is larger than the other two cases. In the homodeoxydecamers, decadeoxycytidylic acid (dC10) produces the highest intensity for both metals. The anomalously large cooperativity of dC10 is explained by the easiness of deformation of the helical structure to bind lanthanide ions, and a circular dichroism study supports this explanation.
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- Jihee Lee
- Center for Integrated Molecular Systems, Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja-Dong, Pohang 790-784, Korea
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Cubero E, Aviñó A, de la Torre BG, Frieden M, Eritja R, Luque FJ, González C, Orozco M. Hoogsteen-based parallel-stranded duplexes of DNA. Effect of 8-amino-purine derivatives. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:3133-42. [PMID: 11902902 DOI: 10.1021/ja011928+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of parallel-stranded duplexes of DNA-containing a mixture of guanines (G) and adenines (A) is studied by means of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, as well as NMR and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Results demonstrate that the structure is based on the Hoogsteen motif rather than on the reverse Watson-Crick one. Molecular dynamics coupled to thermodynamic integration (MD/TI) calculations and melting experiments allowed us to determine the effect of 8-amino derivatives of A and G and of 8-amino-2'-deoxyinosine on the stability of parallel-stranded duplexes. The large stabilization of the parallel-stranded helix upon 8-amino substitution agrees with a Hoogsteen pairing, confirming MD, NMR, and CD data, and suggests new methods to obtain DNA triplexes for antigene and antisense purposes.
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- Elena Cubero
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Jain A, Rajeswari MR, Ahmed F. Formation and thermodynamic stability of intermolecular (R*R*Y) DNA triplex in GAA/TTC repeats associated with Freidreich's ataxia. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2002; 19:691-9. [PMID: 11843630 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2002.10506775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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It is well established that GAA/TTC base triplet expansion is the cause of degenerative disorder in Freidreich's Ataxia. It is also known that these repeat sequences fold back to form the unusual intramolecular triple helix structures in DNA of the type Pyrimidine *Purine *Pyrimidine or Purine *Purine*Pyrimidine. In this paper we report on the stability of Purine *Purine*Pyrimidine intermolecular triple helix DNA containing GAA/TTC repeats under physiological conditions. Using the oligonucleotides 5' TCGC GAA GAA GAA GAA GAA CGCT 3', 5'-AGCG TTC TTC TTC TTC TTC GCGA-3' for duplex and 5'-AAG AAG AAG AAG AAG -3' as triplex forming strand (TFO), we have established the formation of triplex by UV-melting temperature (Tm), stoichiometry of mixing and circular dichroic spectra. This was further confirmed by gel-retardation assay. The thermodynamic parameters Delta G, Delta H and Delta S for both duplex and triplex formation were determined at different salt concentrations. The results suggest the formation of a stable intermolecular, anti - parallel triplex in GAA/TTC repeat sequences where each repeat unit contains two A*A*T and one G*G*C triplet. The therapeutic agents and TFOs, which competitively inhibit the in-vivo intra-molecular triplex by formation of a more stable inter-molecular triplex, could be used to reverse the transcription deficit in GAA/TTC expansions in Frataxin gene.
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- Aklank Jain
- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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Castellano RK, Gramlich V, Diederich F. Rebek imides and their adenine complexes: preferences for Hoogsteen binding in the solid state and in solution. Chemistry 2002; 8:118-29. [PMID: 11822445 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020104)8:1<118::aid-chem118>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rebek imides (3), formed from Kemp's triacid, were developed in the mid-1980's as model receptors for adenine derivatives. We report here the first account of their hydrogen-bonding preferences upon binding 9-ethyladenine (1a) in the solid state. Structural analysis begins with simple imides 3a-e that form discrete dimers, while bis-imide 4 forms ribbon-like structures in the crystalline phase. The hydrogen-bonding interface within each of the representative assemblies features short intermolecular N(3)imide...O(8*)imide* distances (ca. 2.95 A), indicative of two-point hydrogen bonding. Imides 3f-h could be co-crystallized with 1a; single-crystal X-ray analysis of the resulting complexes reveals hydrogen-bonding geometries nearly identical to those observed in nucleobase complexes of adenine and pyrimidine derivatives. Imides 3f and 3g form 2:1 ternary assemblies with 1a; the complex of the former, (3f)2 x 1a, displays both Watson-Crick- and Hoogsteen-type hydrogen bonding, whereas the complex of the latter, (3g)2 x 1a, shows the Hoogsteen motif and imide hydrogen bonding to N(3) of the purine base (N(3)adenine...N(3'')imide = 3.07(1) A). Imide 3h forms a 1:1 complex with 1a (3h x 1a x CHCl3) and displays Hoogsteen binding exclusively. All of the 3 x 1a assemblies show C(adenine)...O(imide) distances (3.38-3.75 A) that are consistent with C-H...O hydrogen bonding. Base-pairing preferences for the Rebek imides are further explored in solution by 1H NMR one-dimensional NOE experiments and by computational means; in all cases the Hoogsteen motif is modestly favored relative to its Watson-Crick counterpart.
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Cubero E, Luque FJ, Orozco M. Theoretical studies of d(A:T)-based parallel-stranded DNA duplexes. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:12018-25. [PMID: 11724610 DOI: 10.1021/ja011200t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Poly d(A:T) parallel-stranded DNA duplexes based on the Hoogsteen and reverse Watson-Crick hydrogen bond pairing are studied by means of extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and molecular mechanics coupled to Poisson-Boltzmann (MM-PB/SA) calculations. The structural, flexibility, and reactivity characteristics of Hoogsteen and reverse Watson-Crick parallel duplexes are described from the analysis of the trajectories. Theoretical calculations show that the two parallel duplexes are less stable than the antiparallel Watson-Crick duplex. The difference in stability between antiparallel and parallel duplexes increases steadily as the length of the duplex increases. The reverse Watson-Crick arrangement is slightly more stable than the Hoogsteen duplex, the difference being also increased linearly with the length of the duplex. A subtle balance of intramolecular and solvation terms is responsible for the preference of a given helical structure.
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- E Cubero
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Dunger A, Limbach HH, Weisz K. Geometry and Strength of Hydrogen Bonds in Complexes of 2‘-Deoxyadenosine with 2‘-Deoxyuridine. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja000718e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anita Dunger
- Contribution from the Institut für Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Contribution from the Institut für Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Contribution from the Institut für Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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