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Oligopyrenotides: abiotic, polyanionic oligomers with nucleic acid-like structural properties.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20459110     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Oligopyrenotides, abiotic oligomers that exhibit significant structural analogies to the nucleic acids, are described. They are composed of achiral, phosphodiester-linked pyrene building blocks and a single chiral 1,2-diaminocyclohexane unit. These oligomers form stable hybrids in aqueous solution. Hybridization is based on stacking interactions of the pyrene building blocks. They show thermal denaturation/renaturation behavior that closely resembles DNA and RNA hybridization. In addition, oligopyrenotides display salt-concentration-dependent structural polymorphism. Thus, they possess a number of structural attributes that are typical of nucleic acids and therefore may serve as model systems for the design of artificial self-replicating systems.
Authors:
Robert Häner; Florian Garo; Daniel Wenger; Vladimir L Malinovskii
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Chemical Society     Volume:  132     ISSN:  1520-5126     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Chem. Soc.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-27     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503056     Medline TA:  J Am Chem Soc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  7466-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. robert.haener@ioc.unibe.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cyclohexylamines / chemistry*
DNA / chemistry*
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Nucleic Acid Hybridization*
Polymers / chemistry*
Pyrenes / chemistry*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cyclohexylamines; 0/Polymers; 0/Pyrenes; 0/polyanions; 129-00-0/pyrene; 694-83-7/1,2-cyclohexanediamine; 9007-49-2/DNA

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