Las modificaciones de bucle y columna vertebral del ácido nucleico peptídico mejoran la selectividad de unión

Sabrina Lusvarghi1, Connor T Murphy, Subhadeep Roy

  • 1Departments of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores modificaron los oligómeros de ácido nucleico de péptido rico en guanina (PNA) para mejorar la selectividad para la formación de G-cuadruplex sobre los dúplex. Las modificaciones de la columna vertebral mejoraron la unión de PNA al ADN y ARN objetivo, promoviendo la regulación génica y el desarrollo de agentes anticancerígenos.

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