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. 1985 Aug 12;13(15):5707–5716. doi: 10.1093/nar/13.15.5707

Evidence for sequence-specific conformational changes in DNA from the melting temperatures of DNA phosphorothioate derivatives.

J W Suggs, D A Taylor
PMCID: PMC321900  PMID: 4034395

Abstract

Analogs of alternating purine-pyrimidine DNA polymers such as poly(dA-dT)-poly(dA-dT) can be made with phosphorothioate groups in the DNA backbone. A phosphorothioate diester at the 5'-purine-pyrimidine-3' step causes a significant lowering of the polymer's melting temperature compared to a phosphorothioate diester at the 5'-pyrimidine-purine-3' step. This may occur because sulfur substitution increases anionic charge density in the DNA minor groove and 5'-purine-pyrimidine-3' steps narrow the minor groove. The ability to modulate charge density in the DNA backbone via sulfur substitution should prove useful in studies of sequence-dependent conformational changes in DNA.

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