Metal‐mediated base pairs represent an elegant way for the site‐specific functionalisation of
nucleic acids. In this type of base pair, the hydrogen bonds between complementary …

Fluorescent DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters contain both cationic and neutral silver
atoms. The absorbance spectra of compositionally pure solutions follow the trend expected …

Metal ion interactions with DNA have far-reaching implications in biochemistry and DNA
nanotechnology. Ag+ is uniquely interesting because it binds exclusively to the bases rather …

The natural four-letter genetic alphabet, comprised of just two base pairs (dA-dT and dG-
dC), is conserved throughout all life, and its expansion by the development of a third …

In nucleic acid chemistry, metal-mediated base pairs represent a versatile method for the
site-specific introduction of metal-based functionality. In metal-mediated base pairs, the …

The dynamics of excited electronic states in self-assembled structures formed between silver
(I) ions and cytosine-containing DNA strands or monomeric cytosine derivatives were …

The first parallel‐stranded DNA duplex with Hoogsteen base pairing that readily
incorporates an Ag+ ion into an internal mispair to form a metal‐mediated base pair has …

DNA oligomers can form silver-mediated duplexes, stable in gas phase and solution, with
potential for novel biomedical and technological applications. The nucleobase-metal bond …

Supramolecular chromophores form when a DNA traps silvers that then coalesce into
clusters with discrete, molecular electronic states. However, DNA strands are polymeric …

A series of hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations was
performed on models of a DNA duplex with artificial silver (I)-mediated imidazole base pairs …