Table 1.
DNA sequence of the oligonucleotide duplexes used in the studya
| Name of duplex | DNA sequence of oligonucleotide substrates | |||||||||||||
| G-34 | C | TAT | CCA | CTA | CTA | TCC | TCA | TGA | TCT | ACT | TCA | ATC | ||
| G | ATA | GGT | GAT | GAT | AGG | AGT | ACT | AGA | TGA | AGT | TAG | |||
| T•X(NXN) | T | CAT | GAG | ATG | GGT | ACC | AGC | NTN | CGG | AGC | TAG | ATA | GCA | ATT |
| A | GTA | CTC | TAC | CCA | TGG | TCG | NXN | GCC | TCG | ATC | TAT | CGT | TAA | |
| T•Y(CXC) | T | CAT | GAG | ATG | GGT | ACC | AGC | GTG | CGG | AGC | TAG | ATA | GCA | ATT |
| A | GTA | CTC | TAC | CCA | TGG | TCG | CYC | GCC | TCG | ATC | TAT | CGT | TAA | |
| Hx•C | A | ATT | GCT | ATC | TAG | CTC | CGC | XCG | CTG | GTA | CCC | ATC | TCA | TGA |
| T | TAA | CGA | TAG | ATC | GAG | GCG | CGC | GAC | CAT | GGG | TAG | AGT | ACT | |
| G•N | A | ATT | GCT | ATC | TAG | CTC | CGC | GCG | CTG | GTA | CCC | ATC | TCA | TGA |
| T | TAA | CGA | TAG | ATC | GAG | GCG | NGC | GAC | CAT | GGG | TAG | AGT | ACT | |
| T•G | A | ATT | GCT | ATC | TAG | CTC | CGC | TGG | CTG | GTA | CCC | ATC | TCA | TGA |
| T | TAA | CGA | TAG | ATC | GAG | GCG | GCC | GAC | CAT | GGG | TAG | AGT | ACT | |
| T•ϵA-mHa-ras | G | CAT | GGC | ACT | ATA | CTC | TTC | TTG | ACC | TGC | TGT | GTC | TAA | GAT |
| C | GTA | CCG | TGA | TAT | GAG | AAG | AXC | TGG | ACG | ACA | CAG | ATT | CTA | |
| T•ϵA-hp53 | C | ACT | GGA | GTC | TTC | CAG | TGT | GAT | GCT | TGT | GAG | GAT | GGG | CCT |
| G | TGA | CCT | CAG | AAG | GTC | ACA | CTX | CGA | ACA | CTC | CTA | CCC | GGA | |
| T•Z 28 mer | G | TGT | CAC | CAC | CGC | TCA | TGT | ACA | GAG | CTG | ||||
| C | ACA | GTG | GTG | GCG | AGT | ZCA | TGT | CTC | GAC | |||||
| 8oxoA•N 28 mer | G | TGT | CAC | CAC | CGC | TCA | NGT | ACA | GAG | CTG | ||||
| C | ACA | GTG | GTG | GCG | AGT | XCA | TGT | CTC | GAC | |||||
| U•G 28 mer | G | TGT | CAC | CAC | CGC | TCA | UGT | ACA | GAG | CTG | ||||
| C | ACA | GTG | GTG | GCG | AGT | GCA | TGT | CTC | GAC | |||||
| T•Z 15 mer | T | CAT | GTA | CAG | AGC | TG | ||||||||
| A | GTZ | CAT | GTC | TCG | AC | |||||||||
| 8oxoA•N 15 mer | T | CAX | GTA | CAG | AGC | TG | ||||||||
| A | GTN | CAT | GTC | TCG | AC | |||||||||
| U•G 15 mer | T | CAU | GTA | CAG | AGC | TG | ||||||||
| AC | ||||||||||||||
| A | GTG | CAT | GTC | TCG | ||||||||||
aFollowing symbols are used to designate the modified and regular DNA bases: X is for 8oxoA and Hx; Y is for THF, ϵA, 2oxoA, 8oxoG, DHU, ϵC and αA; Z is for ϵA, Hx and G; N is for C, G, A and T.