Double-helical nucleic acids with cross-linked strands: synthesis and applications in molecular biology

Autor: Antsypovitch, Sergei I., Oretskaya, Tat'yana S.
Zdroj: Russian Chemical Reviews; April 1998, Vol. 67 Issue: 3 p245-262, 18p
Abstrakt: Data on the methods employed for cross-linking of DNA strands and for the synthesis of oligonucleotide duplexes with cross-links between strands are summarised. Existing methods are systematised; their advantages and drawbacks are discussed. The examples of applications of DNA duplexes with covalently cross-linked chains for the study of protein–nucleic acid recognition and mechanisms of action of nucleic acid-binding proteins for gaining information about the spatial structure of nucleic acids, and for the solution of other problems of molecular biology are given. The bibliography includes 131 references.
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