Table 2.
Melting temperatures (Tm) for quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide probes determined from dependences of absorbance at 295 nm in the presence K+ and Na+ ions.
Abbreviation of Probes | Tm/K+ (°C) | Tm/Na+ (°C) |
---|---|---|
F-TBA-T | 38.0 | 23.0 |
Ch(F-TBA-T) | 48.0 | 39.0 |
py-TBA-py | 55.0 | 25.0 |
Ch(py-TBA-py) | 77.0 | 43.0 |
TBA | 53.0 | 24.0 |