title: Self-assembly and lyomesophases formed by long-chain alkoxymethyl-nucleobase derivatives.
abstract: Amphiphilic complementary nucleobase derivatives, containing n-octadecyloxymethyl substituents at the N1 position of pyrimidine and N9 of purine, dissolved in chloroform form non-specific lyotropic mesophases, which were analyzed by optical polarizing microscopy. Molecular modeling studies visualize hypothetical horizontal and vertical nucleobase hydrogen-bonding and stacking arrangements, as well as aliphatic long-chain interstrand interaction.
authors.affiliation: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biochemistry, Halle, Saale, Germany. meister@biochemtech.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bohley
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gromann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhuk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D009705:Nucleosides; D002725:Chloroform; D004247:DNA