title: Silver (I) cation specifically stabilizes heteroduplex with C:C mismatch base pair: toward the efficient detection of single nucleotide polymorphism (2).
abstract: We examined the effect of silver (I) cation on the thermal stability of heteroduplex and homoduplex. Addition of silver (I) cation increased the melting temperature of heteroduplex containing C:C mismatch base pair by about 3-4 degrees C. The thermal stability of homoduplex and heteroduplexes containing other kinds of mismatch base pairs was not significantly changed by the addition of silver (I) cation. We conclude that silver (I) cation specifically stabilizes heteroduplex containing C:C mismatch base pair. Our results certainly support the idea that the addition of silver (I) cation to C:C mismatch base pair in heteroduplex could be a convenient strategy for heteroduplex analysis and may eventually lead to progress in single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Torigoe
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takamori
mesh_terms: D020137:Base Pair Mismatch / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001483:Base Sequence; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D012834:Silver / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044366:Transition Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D012834:Silver