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11325426

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
Differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), circular dichroism (CD) and molecular mechanics studies have been performed on two triple helices of DNA. The target duplex consists of 16 base pairs in alternate sequence of the type 5'-(purine)m(pyrimidine)m-3'. In both the triplexes, the third oligopyrimidine strand crosses the major groove at the purine-pyrimidine junction, with a simultaneous binding of the adjacent purine tracts on alternate strands of the Watson-Crick duplex. The switch is ensured by a non-nucleotide linker, the 1,2,3 propanetriol residue, that joins two 3'-3' phosphodiester ends. The third strands differ from each other for a nucleotide in the junction region. The resulting triple helices were termed 14-mer-PXP and 15-mer-PXP (where P = phosphate and X = 1,2,3-propanetriol residue) according to the number of nucleotides that compose the third strand. DSC data show two independent processes: the first corresponding to the dissociation of the third strand from the target duplex, the second to the dissociation of the double helix in two single strands. The two triple helices show the same stability at pH 6.6. At pH 6.0, the 15-mer-PXP triplex is thermodynamically more stable than the 14-mer-PXP triplex. Thermodynamic data are discussed in relation to structural models. The results are useful when considering the design of oligonucleotides that can bind in an antigene approach to the DNA for therapeutic purposes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0141-8130
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
387-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Physico-chemical studies on DNA triplexes containing an alternate third strand with a non-nucleotide linker.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University 'Federico II' of Naples, Via Cintia, Monte Sant' Angelo, 80126, Naples, Italy. giancola@chemistry.unina.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't