DNA recognition and induced genome modification by a hydroxymethyl-γ tail-clamp peptide nucleic acid

SN Oyaghire, E Quijano, JDR Perera, HK Mandl… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) can target and stimulate recombination reactions in genomic
DNA. We have reported that γPNA oligomers possessing the diethylene glycol γ-substituent …

Walking through the wonder years of artificial DNA: peptide nucleic acid

R Patel, S Sarma, A Shukla, P Parmar… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) serves as an artificial functional analog of DNA. Being
immune to enzymatic degradation and possessing strong affinity towards DNA and RNA, it is …

Development of the Right-and Left-Handed Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acid Building Blocks for On-Resin Chemical Functionalization

I Dhami, SA Thadke, DH Ly - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gamma peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are a promising class of nucleic acid mimics that
adopt either a right-or left-handed helical motif as individual strands and hybridize to DNA or …

Bifunctional small molecule-oligonucleotide hybrid as microRNA inhibitor

U Bhattarai, WC Hsieh, H Yan, ZF Guo… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract miRNAs are key regulators of various biological processes. Dysregulation of
miRNA is linked to many diseases. Development of miRNA inhibitor has implication in …

Rapid Synthesis of Propargyl‐γ‐Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers for Late‐Stage Functionalization of Oligomers

M López‐Tena, EE Watson, P Romanens… - Helvetica Chimica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The exceptional hybridization properties of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) coupled with the
ease of their synthesis has made this artificial nucleic acid mimetic a desirable platform for …

Synthesis and Characterization of Optically Pure Gamma‐PNA Backbones by SIBX‐Mediated Reductive Amination

A Periyalagan, YT Kim, IS Hong - Bulletin of the Korean …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a derivative of regular PNA by introducing a chiral
center to its backbone, and is known to bind more strongly to DNA or RNA than regular PNA …