Novel nucleoside analogs have been designed for selective formation of anti-parallel triplexes including a TA or a CG interrupting site. The new compounds are constructed of a W-shape bicyclic nucleic acid (WNA) bearing an aromatic ring as a stacking motif and a guanine for the formation of Hoogesteen hydrogen bonds, and are expected to effect triplex stabilization by both stacking and complementary hydrogen bonds. Purine-rich triplex- ...
[Fuerstner, Alois; Radkowski, Karin; Wirtz, Conny; Goddard, Richard; Lehmann, Christian W.; Mynott, Richard Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002 , vol. 124, # 24 p. 7061 - 7069]