Synthesis of phenazine-tethered arabino and xylofuranosyl oligonucleotide conjugates: The thermal stability and fluorescence properties of their duplexes (DNA-DNA and DNA-RNA) and triplexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00457-8

The synthesis of phenazine (Pzn) tethered ara-U and xylo-U incorporated oligonucleotides, and their properties as DNA-DNA, DNA-RNA duplexes and as triplexes are reported. 2'-O-Pzn-tethered ara-U amidite (11) and Pzn-linked amidite block (4) as well as CPG