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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Genet. 2018 Oct;19(10):615–634. doi: 10.1038/s41576-018-0034-x
Probe Chemical Structure (Adduct Red, Leaving Group Blue). Letters refer to Box_l_ProbeStructures. Primary Modification Sites Half-Life Reference
N-methyl-isatoic anhydride (NMIA) a 2’ OH, all nts 430 s Merino et al., 2005
1-methyl-7-nitroisatoic anhydride (1M7) b 2’ OH, all nts 14 s Mortimer and Weeks, 2007
1-methyl-6-nitroisatoic anhydride (1M6) c 2’ OH, all nts 31 s Steen et al., 2012
SHAPE Benzoyl cyanide (BzCN) d 2’ OH, all nts 0.25 s Mortimer and Weeks, 2008
2-methylnicotinic acid imidazolide (NAI) e 2’ OH, all nts 33 min Spitale et al., 2013
2-methyl-3-furoic acid imidazolide (FAI) f 2’ OH, all nts 73 min Spitale et al., 2013
2-methylnicotinic acid imidazolide azide (NAI-N3) g 2’ OH, all nts 33 min Spitale et al., 2015
Dimethyl sulfate (DMS) h G N7, A N1, C N3 N/A Peattie and Gilbert, 1980; Tijerina et al., 2007
Base Specific N-cyclohexyl-N’-(2-morpholinoethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate i G N1, U N3 N/A Gilham, 1962; Ho and Gilham 1967
Kethoxal, other 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds j G N1 and N4 N/A Litt and Hancock, 1967; Mitchell et al., 2018
Solvent Accessibility Hydroxyl Radical k backbone N/A Latham and Cech, 1989; Wang and Padgett, 1989
Nicotinoyl Azide (Naz) l G C8, A C8 N/A Feng et al., 2018