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The photo-crosslinking behaviour of oligonucleotide constructs, incorp
orating photoactive residues 1-5 at a defined position, has been exami
ned in the presence of their DNA (14-mer) and RNA (15-mer) complementa
ry targets using a two-fold excess; it revealed a moderate but promisi
ng irreversible binding efficiency, the results of which could be anti
cipated by molecular mechanics in the case of 4.