title: Backbone-extended pyrrolidine peptide nucleic acids (bepPNA): design, synthesis and DNA/RNA binding studies.
abstract: One-carbon extended conformationally constrained pyrrolidine PNA monomer (bepPNA) has been synthesized, incorporated into PNA sequences at predefined positions, and showed selective RNA binding properties.
authors.affiliation: Division of Organic Chemistry (Synthesis), National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Govindaraju
authors.forename: Vaijayanti A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D020135:Peptide Nucleic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D020135:Peptide Nucleic Acids; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA