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The synthesis of 2'-O-methyl G-clamp containing oligonucleotides and their inhibition of the HIV-1 Tat-TAR interaction.
Holmes, Stephen C,Gait, Michael J
, p. 1259 - 1262 (2003)
We have synthesised a 2'-O-methyl riboside phosphoramidite derivative of the cytosine analogue 9-(2-aminoethoxy)-phenoxazine ('G-clamp') and successfully incorporated it into a series of small steric blocking 2'-O-methyl oligonucleotides targeting the stem-loop region of HIV-1 TAR RNA. The 'G-clamp' containing oligonucleotides show significant increases in binding to a model TAR RNA system when the 'G-clamp' is positioned opposite the loop region. The oligonucleotides also display dose-dependent inhibition of Tat-dependent transcription of an HIV DNA template in HeLa cell nuclear cell extract.