Aviñó A, Frieden M, Morales J C, de la Torre B G, Güimil-García R, Orozco M, González C, Eritja R
Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2003 May-Aug;22(5-8):645-8. doi: 10.1081/NCN-120021971.
The synthesis of parallel hairpins carrying 8-aminopurines is described. These hairpins have a high affinity for specific polypyrimidine sequences resulting in the formation of very stable triplexes.