U. Moller et al., SYNTHESIS OF METHYLENE-BLUE MODIFIED 2'-DEOXYURIDINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE AND ITS USE IN DNA LABELING REACTIONS, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 61, 1996, pp. 164-166
We describe two synthetic strategies for the labeling of 2'-deoxyuridi
ne5'-triphosphate with curboxylated derivatives of Methylene Blue at t
he C-5 position. We also show that the derivatized nucleoside triphosp
hate can be incorporated into oligonucleotides or DNA fragments by tai
ling with terminal transferase.