Nucleic Acids Research, 1979, Vol. 6, No. 6 2041-2056
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Rapid synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides on a grafted polymer support
Chemistry Department and A.N.Belozersky Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow State University Moscow, USSR
Received March 29, 1979. Rapid synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides is described by a solid phase method. Polyaterene grafted on the surface of polytetrafluoroethylene has been found to be an adequate support. The properties of the support were studied in the synthesis of a number of oligonucleotides 6 t o 15 nucleotides long.
A flow-type semi-automatic synthesizer has been used. Each nucleotide addition involves seven steps and takes 8 hours. Oligonucleotide isolated and purified by ion-exchange chromatography amounts to 13 µmol per gram of support.