Table 1.
Antisense oligonucleotide sequences and thermal denaturation studiesa
Sequence | Tm (RNA target) | Tm (DNA target) | ||||||
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I | 5′-UGA | CAU | ttt | ttt | UCA | CGU-3′ | 60.0 | 51.0 |
II | 5′-UGA | CAU | TTT | TTT | UCA | CGU-3′ | 51.0 | 36.0 |
III | 5′-UGA | CAU | TTT | TTT | UCA | CGU-3′ | 62.0 | 50.1 |
IV | 5′-tga | cat | ttt | ttt | tca | cgt-3′ | 42.1 | 55.5 |
V | 5′-UGA | CAU | UUU | UUU | UCA | CGU-3′ | 59.1 | 40.2 |
aLegend: RNA, DNA, 4′S-FANA, 2′F-ANA. Complementary strands were as follows: RNA, 5′-ACG UGA AAA AAA AUG UCA-3′; DNA, 5′-acg tga aaa aaa atg tca-3′.