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. 2003 Jun 15;31(12):3267–3273. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg416

Table 1. Tm values of triplexes containing ENA or 2′,4′-BNA/LNA at pH 6.6 and pH 7.2.

TFO Sequence (5′→3′) Modification Tm (°C)  
      pH 6.6 pH 7.2
DNA-1 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT Natural NDa NDa
BNA-1 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA 41a NDa
ENA-1 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA 52 ND
BNA-2 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA 41a NDa
ENA-2 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA 39 ND
BNA-3 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA NDa NDa
ENA-3 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA 42 ND
T5mC TCTCTCTCCCTTTT Natural, 5-Me-C 28a ND
BNA-4 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA, 5-Me-C 54a 37a
ENA-4 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA, 5-Me-C nd ND
BNA-5 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA, 5-Me-C 55a 33a
ENA-5 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA, 5-Me-C 58 ND
BNA-6 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT BNA/LNA, 5-Me-C NDa NDa
ENA-6 TCTCTCTCCCTTTT ENA, 5-Me-C 57 41

Modified nucleotides are underlined. 5-Me-C, 5-methylcytidine analogs; ND, not detected; nd, not determined because the transition from the triplex to the duplex, although present, was not clear in the melting curve. The buffer was 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.6 and 7.2) and 100 mM NaCl.

aData from Obika et al. (5).