Research Article
Features of “All LNA” Duplexes Showing a New Type of Nucleic Acid Geometry
Table 3
Overall helical parameters for natural (RNA and DNA) and modified nucleic acids (LNA, GNA, and PNA).
| | Base pairs/helical turn | Twist (°) | Rise (Å) | P-P distance (Å) | Pitch (Å) |
| RNA | 11 | 32 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 30 | DNA | 10 | 36 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 34 | LNA | 14 | 26 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 39 | GNA | 16 | 22.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 60 | PNA | 18 | 19 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 58 |
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