Review Article

Use of Nucleic Acid Analogs for the Study of Nucleic Acid Interactions

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(a) Structures of unnatural nucleosides as a base analog with an aromatic hydrocarbon group in place of the purine and pyrimidine bases. (b) Structures of the base pair analogs that provide the interstrand crosslinking sites. The covalent bonds linking the nucleic acid bases are highlighted in blue.
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