Selective stabilization of a bulged duplex of d(GCGAAACGC) oligonucleotide by thymine base-substituted naphthalene diimide

Abstract

A naphthalene diimide carrying thymine moieties at the termini of its substituentsstabilized specifically the bulged duplex of d(GCGAAACGC), which is rarely found under ordinary conditions.

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