Design and evaluation of locked nucleic acid-based splice-switching oligonucleotides in vitro

T Shimo, K Tachibana, K Saito, T Yoshida… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Antisense-mediated modulation of pre-mRNA splicing is an attractive therapeutic strategy for
genetic diseases. Currently, there are few examples of modulation of pre-mRNA splicing …

Recent theoretical approaches to minimal artificial cells

F Mavelli, E Altamura, L Cassidei, P Stano - Entropy, 2014 - mdpi.com
Minimal artificial cells (MACs) are self-assembled chemical systems able to mimic the
behavior of living cells at a minimal level, ie to exhibit self-maintenance, self-reproduction …

FederatedCloudSim: a SLA-aware federated cloud simulation framework

A Kohne, M Spohr, L Nagel, O Spinczyk - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Recent developments show that the standardization of cloud service descriptions and
exchange leads the way for the rise of cloud federations. In these federations CSPs (cloud …

Stochastic simulations of minimal cells: the Ribocell model

F Mavelli - BMC bioinformatics, 2012 - Springer
Background Over the last two decades, lipid compartments (liposomes, lipid-coated
droplets) have been extensively used as in vitro" minimal" cell models. In particular, simple …

2′‐O,4′‐C‐Methylene‐Bridged Nucleic Acids Stabilize Metal‐Mediated Base Pairing in a DNA Duplex

O Nakagawa, A Fujii, Y Kishimoto, Y Nakatsuji… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2′‐O, 4′‐C‐methylene‐bridged or locked nucleic acid (2′, 4′‐BNA/LNA),
with an N‐type sugar conformation, effectively improves duplex‐forming ability. 2′, 4 …

[PDF][PDF] Bridged nucleic acids (BNAs) as molecular tools

SK Kim, KD Linse, P Retes, P Castro… - Journal of Biochemistry …, 2015 - biosyn.com
There has been a growing interest in developing chemically modified nucleotides for
diagnostics or therapeutics. Among the list of the artificial nucleotides, bridged nucleic acids …

2′, 4′‐BNA/LNA with 9‐(2‐Aminoethoxy)‐1, 3‐diaza‐2‐oxophenoxazine Efficiently Forms Duplexes and Has Enhanced Enzymatic Resistance

Y Kishimoto, O Nakagawa, A Fujii… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial nucleic acids are widely used in various technologies, such as nucleic acid
therapeutics and DNA nanotechnologies requiring excellent duplex‐forming abilities and …

Comparison of the thermodynamics and base-pair dynamics of a full LNA: DNA duplex and of the isosequential DNA: DNA duplex

G Bruylants, M Boccongelli, K Snoussi, K Bartik - Biochemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
Locked nucleic acids (LNA), conformationally restricted nucleotide analogues, are known to
enhance pairing stability and selectivity toward complementary strands. With the aim to …

Crystallographic Structure of Novel Types of AgI‐Mediated Base Pairs in Non‐canonical DNA Duplex Containing 2′‐O,4′‐C‐Methylene Bridged Nucleic Acids

O Nakagawa, H Aoyama, A Fujii… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐mediated base pairs have widespread applications, such as in DNA‐metal
nanodevices and sensors. Here, we focused on their sugar conformation in duplexes and …

Kinetics of DNA duplex formation: A-tracts versus AT-tracts

JA Wyer, MB Kristensen, NC Jones… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The hybridisation and melting of DNA strands are critical steps in many biological
processes, but still a deeper understanding of the kinetics is lacking. This is evident from the …