Issue 70, 2017

Condensing the information in DNA with double-headed nucleotides

Abstract

A normal duplex holds as many Watson–Crick base pairs as the number of nucleotides in its constituent strands. Here we establish that single nucleotides can be designed to functionally imitate dinucleotides without compromising binding affinity. This effectively allows sequence information to be more compact and concentrated to fewer phosphates.

Graphical abstract: Condensing the information in DNA with double-headed nucleotides

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jun 2017
Accepted
07 Aug 2017
First published
07 Aug 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 9717-9720

Condensing the information in DNA with double-headed nucleotides

M. Hornum, P. K. Sharma, C. Reslow-Jacobsen, P. Kumar, M. Petersen and P. Nielsen, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9717 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05047J

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