F. Seela et al., OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DUPLEX STABILITY CONTROLLED BY THE 7-SUBSTITUENTS OF 7-DEAZAGUANINE BASES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(24), 1995, pp. 3049-3052
Oligonucleotides containing 7-substituted 7-deazaguanine residues (7-m
ethyl, 7-iodol have been synthesized. The self-complementary octamer d
(I(7)c(7)G-C)(4) containing 7-iodo-7-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine forms a s
tabilized duplex compared to the parent oligomer d(G-C)(4) (Delta T-m
= +10 degrees C). Also the complex between the oligodeoxynucleotide d(
I(7)c(7)G(5)-G) and poly(C) is stabilized (Delta T-m = +10 degrees) ov
er that of d(c(7)G(5)-G) with poly(C).