| Literature DB >> 11410649 |
D Loakes1.
Abstract
A universal base analogue forms 'base pairs' with each of the natural DNA/RNA bases with little discrimination between them. A number of such analogues have been prepared and their applications as biochemical tools investigated. Most of these analogues are non-hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, aromatic 'bases' which stabilise duplex DNA by stacking interactions. This review of the literature of universal bases (to 2000) details the analogues investigated, and their uses and limitations are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11410649 PMCID: PMC55727 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.12.2437
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971