Research Article

Formation of Silver Nanoclusters from a DNA Template Containing Ag(I)-Mediated Base Pairs

Table 1

DNA oligonucleotide duplexes and sequences investigated in this study.

DuplexSequenceSequence number

I5-d(GTT TGT TTG  XXX  XTG TTT TTT T)ODN1
3-d(CAA ACA AAC  XXX  XAC AAA AAA A)ODN2

II5-d(GTT TGT TTG  XXX  XXT GTT TTT TT)ODN3
3-d(CAA ACA AAC  XXX  XXA CAA AAA AA)ODN4

III5-d(GTT TGT TTG  YYY  YTG TTT TTT T)ODN5
3-d(CAA ACA AAC  YYY  YAC AAA AAA A)ODN6

IV5-d(GTT TGT TTG  YYY  YYT GTT TTT TT)ODN7
3-d(CAA ACA AAC  YYY  YYA CAA AAA AA)ODN8

V5-d(GTT TGT TTG  TGT  TTT GTT TTT TT)ODN9
3-d(CAA ACA AAC  ACA  AAA CAA AAA AA)ODN10

= imidazole nucleoside, Y = 2-methylimidazole nucleoside.