Helical pyrene-array along the outside of duplex RNA.
A helical pyrene-array was formed by incorporation of multiple pyrenes into the sugar residues of duplex RNA leading to strong excimer fluorescence.
Nakamura
Mitsunobu
M
Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, 671-2201, Japan. mitunobu@eng.u-hyogo.ac.jp
Ohtoshi
Yukinori
Y
Yamana
Kazushige
K
D002942:Circular Dichroism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
D011721:Pyrenes; D012313:RNA