Novel peptide nucleic acids and novel linked peptide nucleic acids, form triple stranded structures with nucleic acids. The peptide nucleic acids include ligands such as naturally occurring nucleobases attached to the peptide backbone through a suitable linker. Other nucleobases including C-pyrimidines and iso-pyrimidines can be used as the ligands in Hoogsteen strands to increase binding affinity. Two peptide nucleic acid strands are joined together with a linker to form a bis-peptide nucleic acid. The individual strands of the peptide nucleic acids in the bis compounds can be oriented either parallel or antiparallel to each other.
新型肽核酸和新型连接的肽核酸与核酸形成三股结构。肽核酸包括
配体,例如通过适当的连接剂连接到肽骨架上的天然存在的核碱基。其他核碱基,包括C-
嘧啶和异
嘧啶,可以用作胡格斯块链中的
配体,以增加结合亲和力。两条肽核酸链通过连接剂连接在一起形成双肽核酸。双化合物中肽核酸的单条链可以平行或反平行定向。