title: Extra stable 2',5'-linked RNA loops.
abstract: We prepared hairpins that differ in the connectivity of phosphodiester linkages in the loop (RNA vs 2', 5'-RNA). We find that the stability of the extra stable RNA hairpin 5'-rGGAC(UUCG)GUCC-3' is the same as that observed for the hairpin containing a 2',5'RNA loop, i.e. 5'-rGGAC(UUCG)GUCC-3' (where UUCG = U2'p5'U2'p5' C2'p5'G2'p5'). Also significant is the finding that when the stem is duplex DNA, duplex 2',5'-RNA, or DNA:2',5'-RNA, hairpins with the UUCG loop are more stable than those with UUCG loop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A2K6.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hannoush
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Damha
mesh_terms: D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D012313:RNA