title: X-ray structure of a lectin-bound DNA duplex containing an unnatural phenanthrenyl pair.
abstract: DNA duplexes containing unnatural base-pair surrogates are attractive biomolecular nanomaterials with potentially beneficial photophysical or electronic properties. Herein we report the first X-ray structure of a duplex containing a phen-pair in the center of the double helix in a zipper like stacking arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. christian.leumann@dcb.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roethlisberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Istrate
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marcaida Lopez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Visini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stocker
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Reymond
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Leumann
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010616:Phenanthrenes; C031181:phenanthrene; D004247:DNA