{"title":"The stability and conformation of duplex DNA containing the novel anti-HIV drug ADRT.","authors":"N J Gibson, C M McKellar, T Brown","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The anti-HIV drug 4'-azidothymidine (ADRT) has been incorporated into DNA by the phosphoramidite method. The presence of the modified nucleotide was shown to have a minimal effect on duplex conformation and stability by CD spectroscopy and UV melting.</p>","PeriodicalId":8980,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical peptides, proteins & nucleic acids : structure, synthesis & biological activity","volume":"2 1","pages":"23-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biomedical peptides, proteins & nucleic acids : structure, synthesis & biological activity","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The anti-HIV drug 4'-azidothymidine (ADRT) has been incorporated into DNA by the phosphoramidite method. The presence of the modified nucleotide was shown to have a minimal effect on duplex conformation and stability by CD spectroscopy and UV melting.