PNA-based reagents for the direct and site-specific synthesis of thymine dimer lesions in genomic DNA

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Feb 8;128(5):1404-5. doi: 10.1021/ja056358i.

Abstract

An acetophenone containing PNA-based reagent was designed for the direct and site-specific synthesis of a cis-syn thymidine dimer lesion in genomic DNA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetophenones / chemical synthesis
  • Acetophenones / chemistry*
  • Bacteriophages / genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA / chemical synthesis*
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / genetics
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / chemistry
  • Horseradish Peroxidase / chemistry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids / chemistry*
  • Pyrimidine Dimers / chemical synthesis*
  • Streptavidin / chemistry
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Acetophenones
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids
  • Pyrimidine Dimers
  • DNA
  • Streptavidin
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • endodeoxyribonuclease PvuI
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
  • acetophenone