Jaksa Suzana, Kralj Bogdan, Pannecouque Christophe, Balzarini Jan, De Clercq Erik, Kobe Joze
National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2004;23(1-2):77-88. doi: 10.1081/ncn-120027819.
We have synthesized a modified 6-mer using Hotoda's 6-mer TGGGAG with 5'- and 3'-end modifications as a template. We have replaced from one to all four 2'-deoxyguanosines by 8-aza-3-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine (c3z8dG, 1) in order to investigate the anti-HIV structure activity relationship (SAR). ODN 4 (TGGG*AG) is the only one that exhibits a moderate anti-HIV-1 activity.