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 …

Artificial DNA base pairing mediated by diverse metal ions

Y Takezawa, J Müller, M Shionoya - Chemistry Letters, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Metal-mediated artificial DNA base pairs, consisting of two ligand-type nucleosides and a
bridging metal ion, are promising building units for constructing DNA-based …

Nucleic acid duplexes with metal-mediated base pairs and their structures

J Müller - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal-mediated base pairs represent a topical area of research at the border of bioinorganic
chemistry, supramolecular coordination chemistry and DNA nanotechnology. In a metal …

Metal‐Mediated Base Pairs: From Characterization to Application

B Jash, J Müller - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The investigation of metal‐mediated base pairs and the development of their applications
represent a prominent area of research at the border of bioinorganic chemistry and …

Cu II-mediated stabilisation of DNA duplexes bearing consecutive ethenoadenine lesions and its application to a metal-responsive DNAzyme

SC Rajasree, Y Takezawa, M Shionoya - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-mediated nucleobase pairing can play a central role in the expression of metal-
responsive DNA functions. We report the CuII-mediated stabilisation of DNA duplexes …

Silver (I) complexes with phthalazine and quinazoline as effective agents against pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains

BĐ Glišić, L Senerovic, P Comba, H Wadepohl… - Journal of inorganic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Five silver (I) complexes with aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycles, phthalazine (phtz)
and quinazoline (qz), were synthesized, characterized and analyzed by single-crystal X-ray …

Modulating aptamer function by copper (II)-mediated base pair formation

MH Heddinga, J Müller - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Two aptamers, one for ATP and one for arginine, were modified using an artificial 2′-
dexoyribonucleoside based on the nucleobase surrogate imidazole-4-carboxylate. This …

2, 6‐Dimercuriphenol as a Bifacial Dinuclear Organometallic Nucleobase

DU Ukale, T Lönnberg - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract AC‐nucleoside having 2, 6‐dimercuriphenol as the base moiety has been
synthesized and incorporated into an oligonucleotide. NMR and UV melting experiments …

On the feasibility of recognition of nucleic acid sequences by metal-ion-carrying oligonucleotides

S Taherpour, O Golubev, T Lönnberg - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Metal-ion-mediated base pairing has been extensively studied in the context of DNA
nanotechnology or expansion of the genetic alphabet but only recently with the aim of …

The role of hydrogen bonds in the stabilization of silver-mediated cytosine tetramers

LA Espinosa Leal, A Karpenko, S Swasey… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …