Saturday, March 12, 2011

A Third Strand for DNA

A Third Strand for DNA
from chemistry world

The DNA double helix can under certain conditions accommodate a third strand in its major groove. Researchers in the UK have now presented a complete set of four variant nucleotides that makes it possible to use this phenomenon in gene regulation and mutagenesis.

.....so triplex formation will only work at low pH.

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