Volume 49, Issue 51 pp. 9998-10001
Communication

Modulating PNA/DNA Hybridization by Light

Dr. Thorsten Stafforst

Corresponding Author

Dr. Thorsten Stafforst

Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HCI F339, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland), Fax: (+41) 44-632-1486 http://www.protein.ethz.ch

Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HCI F339, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland), Fax: (+41) 44-632-1486 http://www.protein.ethz.chSearch for more papers by this author
Prof. Dr. Donald Hilvert

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Donald Hilvert

Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HCI F339, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland), Fax: (+41) 44-632-1486 http://www.protein.ethz.ch

Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HCI F339, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland), Fax: (+41) 44-632-1486 http://www.protein.ethz.chSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 18 November 2010
Citations: 55

This work was generously supported by the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF-LPD 9901/8-158) and the ETH Zürich.

Graphical Abstract

Turn it on! Hybridization of peptide nucleic acids with DNA can be efficiently manipulated by modifying the PNA with a single azobenzene photoswitch. The effect is remarkably strong in the triplex binding mode and can be exploited for the photocontrol of transcription by T7 RNA polymerase (Pol T7).

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