| Literature DB >> 1483927 |
E Kuramoto1, O Yano, Y Kimura, M Baba, T Makino, S Yamamoto, T Yamamoto, T Kataoka, T Tokunaga.
Abstract
Based on the previous finding that certain 30-mer single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides (oligonucleotides) having particular 6-mer palindromic sequences could induce interferon-alpha and -gamma, and enhance natural killer activity, the present study was carried out to clarify the entire relationship between the activity and the sequence of 30-mer oligonucleotides. The results indicated that the activity depended critically on the presence of particular palindromic sequences including the 5'-CG-3' motif(s). The size and the number of palindromes as well as the extra-palindromic sequences also influenced the activity. An oligonucleotide with a 10-mer palindrome and extra-palindromic oligoguanylate sequences showed the strongest activity among the oligonucleotides tested.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1483927 PMCID: PMC5918715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1992.tb02734.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Cancer Res ISSN: 0910-5050