Fluorescence properties of 2-aminopurine in human telomeric DNA
Takumi Kimura1, Kiyohiko Kawai, Mamoru Fujitsuka
1The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
Abstract:
The substitution of 2-aminopurine (Ap) for A7 in the human telomeric sequence d[AGGG(TTAGGG)(3)] resulted in a significant increase in the fluorescence intensity of Ap for the conformational change from duplex to quadruplex.

