title: Metal ion-binding properties of DNA duplexes containing thiopyrimidine base pairs.
abstract: Thiopyrimidine pairs in DNA duplexes were unexpectedly largely stabilized by complexation with two equivalents of Ag(I) ions and their binding properties were evaluated. The metal ion-binding properties of the thiopyrimidine base pairs differed significantly from those of unpaired bases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan. i-okamoto@kanagawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Rimi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sameshima
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D011743:Pyrimidines; D012834:Silver; D004247:DNA; C030986:pyrimidine