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. 2002 Feb 2;8(3):712-22.
doi: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020201)8:3<712::AID-CHEM712>3.0.CO;2-0.

Alpha-LNA (locked nucleic acid with alpha-D-configuration): synthesis and selective parallel recognition of RNA

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Alpha-LNA (locked nucleic acid with alpha-D-configuration): synthesis and selective parallel recognition of RNA

Poul Nielsen et al. Chemistry. .

Abstract

Alpha-LNA is presented as a stereoisomer of LNA (locked nucleic acid) with alpha-D-configuration. Three different approaches towards the thymine alpha-LNA monomer as well as the 5-methylcytosine alpha-LNA monomer are presented. Different alpha-LNA sequences have been synthesised and their hybridisation with complementary DNA and RNA has been evaluated by means of thermal stability experiments and circular dichroism spectroscopy. In a mixed pyrimidine sequence, alpha-LNA displays unprecedented parallel-stranded and selective RNA binding. Furthermore, a remarkable selectivity for hybridisation with RNA over DNA is indicated.

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