Padlock oligonucleotides for duplex DNA based on sequence-specific triple helix formation
AUTOR(ES)
Escudé, Christophe
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
An oligonucleotide was circularized around double-stranded DNA thanks to triple helix formation. Short oligonucleotides are known to be able to form DNA triple helices by binding into the DNA major groove at an oligopurine⋅oligopyrimidine sequence. After sequence-specific recognition of a double-stranded DNA target through triple helix formation, the ends of the triplex-forming oligonucleotide were joined through the action of T4 DNA ligase, thus creating a circular DNA molecule catenated to the plasmid containing the target sequence. The labeling of the double-stranded DNA sequence has been carried out without any chemical or enzymatic modification of this sequence. These “padlock” oligonucleotides provide a tool to attach a noncovalent tag in an irreversible way to supercoiled plasmid or other double-stranded DNAs. Such a complex may find applications in the development of new techniques for duplex DNA detection or plasmid delivery methods for gene therapy.
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