Recent progress in non-native nucleic acid modifications

LK McKenzie, R El-Khoury, JD Thorpe… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While Nature harnesses RNA and DNA to store, read and write genetic information, the
inherent programmability, synthetic accessibility and wide functionality of these nucleic acids …

Mass spectrometry of nucleic acid noncovalent complexes

E Largy, A Konig, A Ghosh, D Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids have been among the first targets for antitumor drugs and antibiotics. With the
unveiling of new biological roles in regulation of gene expression, specific DNA and RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-mediated DNA strand displacement and molecular device operations based on base-pair switching of 5-hydroxyuracil nucleobases

Y Takezawa, K Mori, WE Huang, K Nishiyama… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rational design of self-assembled DNA nanostructures has become one of the fastest-
growing research areas in molecular science. Particular attention is focused on the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and luminescence of DNA-templated silver clusters

A Gonzalez-Rosell, C Cerretani, P Mastracco… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA serves as a versatile template for few-atom silver clusters and their organized self-
assembly. These clusters possess unique structural and photophysical properties that are …

Metal‐Modified Nucleic Acids: Metal‐Mediated Base Pairs, Triples, and Tetrads

S Naskar, R Guha, J Mueller - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The incorporation of metal ions into nucleic acids by means of metal‐mediated base pairs
represents a promising and prominent strategy for the site‐specific decoration of these self …

Nucleic acid-templated silver nanoclusters: A review of structures, properties, and biosensing applications

M Yang, L Zhu, W Yang, W Xu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Silver nanoclusters are a class of fluorophores with excellent physical and chemical
properties and have emerged as an attractive tool in biological applications. Using nucleic …

New chemistries and enzymes for synthetic genetics

N Freund, MJLJ Fürst, P Holliger - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Beyond the natural nucleic acids DNA and RNA, nucleic acid chemistry has unlocked a
whole universe of modifications to their canonical chemical structure, which can in various …

Organometallic nucleosides—Synthesis, transformations, and applications

K Kowalski - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This review focuses on organometallic nucleosides. It discusses: a) the synthetic methods
that enable the site-specific incorporation of organometallic entities into the nucleoside …

Self‐assembly of DNA nanostructures in different cations

A Rodriguez, D Gandavadi, J Mathivanan, T Song… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The programmable nature of DNA allows the construction of custom‐designed static and
dynamic nanostructures, and assembly conditions typically require high concentrations of …

A Novel AgI‐DNA Rod Comprising a One‐Dimensional Array of 11 Silver Ions within a Double Helical Structure

T Atsugi, A Ono, M Tasaka, N Eguchi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA/RNA duplexes containing metal‐ion‐mediated base pairs (metallo‐base pairs) have
potential applications in developing nucleic acid‐based nanodevices and genetic code …