Intermolecular interactions involving aromatic rings are key processes in both chemical and
biological recognition. Their understanding is essential for rational drug design and lead …

▪ Abstract DNA secondary structure plays an important role in biology, genotyping
diagnostics, a variety of molecular biology techniques, in vitro–selected DNA catalysts …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a basic molecular biology technique with a multiplicity
of uses, including deoxyribonucleic acid cloning and sequencing, functional analysis of …

Dynamic DNA nanotechnology often uses toehold-mediated strand displacement for
controlling reaction kinetics. Although the dependence of strand displacement kinetics on …

DNA is increasingly being used as the engineering material of choice for the construction of
nanoscale circuits, structures, and motors. Many of these enzyme-free constructions function …

The abbreviated name,'mfold web server', describes a number of closely related software
applications available on the World Wide Web (WWW) for the prediction of the secondary …

Background To understand an RNA sequence's mechanism of action, the structure must be
known. Furthermore, target RNA structure is an important consideration in the design of …

APOBEC mutagenesis, a major driver of cancer evolution, is known for targeting TpC sites in
DNA. Recently, we showed that APOBEC3A (A3A) targets DNA hairpin loops. Here, we …

Planar chiral [2.2] paracyclophane-based ligands and employment of such enantiopure
representative ligands to facilitate selective transformation of prochiral or racemic …

Two factors are mainly responsible for the stability of the DNA double helix: base pairing
between complementary strands and stacking between adjacent bases. By studying DNA …