title: 2-Pyrenyl-DNA: synthesis, pairing, and fluorescence properties.
abstract: Multiple 2-pyrenyl-C-nucleosides were incorporated into the center of a DNA duplex resulting in stable pyrene self-recognition and excimer formation. This helical pyrene array may find use in DNA-mediated charge transfer and in the creation of DNA-based sensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wojciechowski
authors.forename: Jory
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lietard
authors.forename: Christian J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Leumann
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D011721:Pyrenes; D004247:DNA