W. Bannwarth et al., SHORT OPTIMALLY CAPPED DUPLEX DNA AS CONFORMATIONALLY RESTRICTED ANALOG OF B-DNA, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 77(1), 1994, pp. 182-193
We describe the synthesis of short double-stranded DNA fragments (see
4 and 13) which are capped on both ends by an optimally designed linke
r molecule. The new structures are stable with respect to hybrid disso
ciation and should have implications in physical studies involving dou
ble-stranded DNA as well as in the antisense area for the specific mod
ulation of gene expressions.