DNA nanomotor using duplex-quadruplex conformational transition
Author(s) -
Kenichi Kanatani,
Yuta Ochi,
Akimitsu Okamoto,
Isao Saito
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/3.1.161
Subject(s) - duplex (building) , g quadruplex , dna , fluorescence , chemistry , transition (genetics) , biophysics , conformational change , stereochemistry , crystallography , biology , biochemistry , physics , gene , quantum mechanics
For DNA nanomotor, we synthesized 8-Py-dG and incorporated it into d(T3G2)4 which can form quadruplex. We measured CD spectra for this ODN. The result suggested that this ODN was changed from quadruplex to duplex by the hybridization with the complementary strand. Further, this ODN had a very interesting property of fluorescence. The fluorescent intensity could be controlled whether the complementary strand was existed, or not.
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