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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 35, Pages 11196-11205Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi049287t
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The Drosophila melanogaster (AAGAGAG), satellite repeat represents up to 1.5% of the entire fly genome and may adopt non-B DNA structures such as pyrimidine triple helices. UV melting and electrophoretic mobility shift assay experiments were used to monitor the stability of intermolecular triple helices as a function of size, pH, and backbone or base modification. Three to four repeats of the heptanucleotide motif were sufficient to allow the fon-nation of a stable complex, especially when modified TFOs were used. Unexpectedly, low concentrations (40-100muM) of Cu2+ were found to favor strongly pyrimidine triplex formation under near-physiological conditions. In contrast, a much higher magnesium concentration was required to stabilize these triplexes significantly, suggesting that copper may be an essential stabilizing factor for pyrimidine triplexes.
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