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Synthesis and characterization of DNA quadruplexes containing T-tetrads formed by bunch-oligonucleotides

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AuthorsOliviero G  Amato J  Borbone N  Galeone A  Varra M  Piccialli G  Mayol L  
AffiliationDipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali   Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II   Via D. Montesano 49   I-80131 Napoli   Italy.  
JournalBiopolymers
Year 2006

Abstract


The solid phase syntheses of the bunch oligonucleotides and based on the sequences of the natural oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) d(TG2TG2C) and d(CG2TG2T), respectively, attached to a non-nucleotidic tetrabranched linker, are reported. Bunch-ODNs and were shown to form more stable monomolecular parallel G-quadruplexes and when compared with their tetramolecular counterparts [d(TG2TG2C)]4 and [d(CG2TG2T)]4, respectively. The structure and stability of all the synthesized complexes have been investigated by circular dichroism (CD), CD thermal denaturation experiments, and 1H-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) experiments at variable temperatures. Particularly, the spectroscopic data confirmed that 1 adopts a T-tetrad containing parallel-stranded quadruplex structure as in the tetramolecular complex.