Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 24, Issue 17 3357-3363, Copyright © 1996 by Oxford University Press
PJ Finn, NJ Gibson, R Fallon, A Hamilton and T Brown
Adenine, thymine and cytosine PNA monomers have been prepared using 3-
amino-1,2-propanediol as a starting material. The benzoyl group was used to
protect the exocyclic amines of the heterocyclic bases of A and C PNA
monomers and the backbone primary amine was protected with the
monomethoxytrityl group. The thymine and cytosine PNA monomers were used in
conjunction with standard DNA synthesis monomers to produce chimeric PNA
DNA (PDC) oligomers. Ultraviolet melting studies confirmed that these
oligomers form stable hybrids with complementary DNA strands and that
mismatches in the DNA but more so in the PNA sections lead to duplex
destabilisation.
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Synthesis and properties of DNA-PNA chimeric oligomers
Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK.
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