Tetrahedron letters

Selective fluorescence-based detection of dihydrouridine with boronic acids

D Luvino, M Smietana, JJ Vasseur

Index: Luvino, Delphine; Smietana, Michael; Vasseur, Jean-Jacques Tetrahedron Letters, 2006 , vol. 47, # 52 p. 9253 - 9256

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Abstract

The first fluorescent sensing system for dihydrouridine detection is presented. Dihydrouridine is the single most frequently occurring post-transcriptional modification in tRNA from bacteria and eukaryotes. A series of 10 boronic acid derivatives was prepared ...