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Synthesis of Wavelength-shifting DNA Hybridization Probes by Using Photostable Cyanine Dyes
Published on: July 6, 2016
Reversible DNA photoligation via alpha-5-cyanovinyldeoxyuridine
Masayuki Ogino1, Yoshinaga Yoshimura, Akio Nakazawa
1The School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
Abstract:
An efficient and reversible Template-directed Photoligation of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) using alpha-5-cyanovinyldeoxyuridine (alpha-(CNV)U) was described. When ODN containing alpha-(CNV)U at the 3' end was photoirradiated with ODN containing thymidine at the 5' end in the presence of a template ODN, an efficient photoligation was observed. The ligated ODN can be split site-selectively to regenerate parent ODN by photoirradition at the 312 nm.
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