Stereospecific backbone methylation of pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics (POM)
Anila I Khan1, T H Samuel Tan, Jason Micklefield
1School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Faraday Building, Sackville Street, PO Box 88, Manchester, UKM60 1QD.
Abstract:
The introduction of (7'S)-methyl groups into the backbone of pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics (POM) does not interfere with high affinity recognition of complementary nucleic acids, whereas (7'R)-methylation disrupts hybridisation significantly.


