Construction of template-assembled pyrimidine-based quartets and quadruplexes

Pyrimidine-based quartets and quadruplexes are unstable and thus are rarely encountered in nature. Uracil (U) and thymine (T) quartets in the solution state have only been found as part of pre-existing G-quadruplex scaffolds and the corresponding quadruplexes have not been reported. Studies on such...

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Main Author: Hui, Benjamin Wei Qiang
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/48391