title: Pyrene-zipper array assembled via RNA duplex formation.
abstract: We describe a new strategy for multipyrene modification of RNA sequences to form unique structures of pyrene aromatic arrays, the "pyrene-zipper array", on duplex RNA that exhibits remarkably strong excimer fluorescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan. mitunobu@eng.u-hyogo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsunobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasa
authors.forename: Haruhisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamana
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D011721:Pyrenes; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012313:RNA