%0 Journal Article %J Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry %D 2010 %T Design, synthesis and DNA/RNA binding studies of nucleic acids comprising stereoregular and acyclic polycarbamate backbone: polycarbamate nucleic acids (PCNA) %A Madhuri, Vangala %A Kumar, Vaijayanti A. %X

The designed, chiral, acyclic polycarbamate nucleic acids (PCNA) exhibited sequence and orientation specific binding to nucleic acids. Complexes of PCNA with DNA were as stable as PNA:DNA complexes and those with RNA were as stable as natural DNA:RNA complexes.

%B Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry %I ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY %C THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND %V 8 %P 3734-3741 %8 Jun %G eng %N 16 %3 Foreign %4 3.451 %R 10.1039/c003405n