Two Watson-Crick-like metallo base-pairs.
Two Watson-Crick-like metallo base-pairs are described with mutually independent geometries that have similar dimensions and stabilities to their natural, hydrogen-bonded counterparts.
Heuberger
Benjamin D
BD
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Shin
Dongwon
D
Switzer
Christopher
C
D020029:Base Pairing; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
D008670:Metals; D004247:DNA