Y. Tamura et al., PREPARATION OF STEREOREGULATED ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE PHOSHOROTHIOATE AND INTERACTION WITH ITS COMPLEMENTARY-DNA AND RNA, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 17(1-3), 1998, pp. 269-282
Diastereoisomeric specificity of oligodeoxyribonucleoside phosphorothi
oate (OPT) in DNA/OPT and RNA/OPT hybrid formation was investigated. T
he difference in the configuration between RRRR and SSSS was reflected
in the conformation and the stability of the DNA/OPT and RNA/OPT hybr
ids. Therefore, findings of this report rationalize the antisense effe
ct by non-stereoregulated OPT and the difference of diastereoisomerism
in susceptibility to RNase H.