Beyond the Watson-Crick double helix: design of functional nucleic acids in silico, in tube, and in cell
Author(s) -
Naoki Sugimoto
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/3.1.211
Subject(s) - nucleic acid , rna , molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid , helix (gastropod) , nucleic acid structure , dna , in silico , watson , peptide nucleic acid , triple helix , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , stereochemistry , base pair , computer science , ecology , snail , natural language processing , gene
The structures and thermodynamic properties of non-Watson-Crick structures in RNA and DNA are described. The recent data on dangling ends in RNA, peptide nucleic acid (PNA), triplex, and G-quadruplex have resulted in an understanding of the catalysis, tertiary contact domains, and biological functions associated with these unpaired regions and special helices, and are useful in developing functional nucleic acids in cell.
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