The present invention relates to intercalator pseudonucleotides. Intercalator pseudonucleotides according to the invention are capable of being incorporated into the backbone of a nucleic acid or nucleic acid analogue and they comprise an intercalator comprising a flat conjugated system capable of co-stacking with nucleobases of DNA. The invention also relates to oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogues comprising at least one intercalator pseudo nucleotide. The invention furthermore relates to methods of synthesising intercalator pseudo nucleotides and methods of synthesising oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogues comprising at least one intercalator pseudonucleotide. In addition, the invention describes methods of separating sequence specific DNA(s) from a mixture comprising nucleic acids, methods of detecting a sequence specific DNA (target DNA) in a mixture comprising nucleic acids and/or nucleic acid analogues and methods of detecting a sequence specific RNA in a mixture comprising nucleic acids and/or nucleic acid analogues. In particular said methods may involve the use of oligonucleotides comprising intercalator pseudo nucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to pairs of oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogues capable of hybridising to one another, wherein said pairs comprise at least one intercalator pseudonucleotide. Methods for inhibiting a DNAse and/or a RNAse and methods of modulating transcription of one or more specific genes are also described.
本发明涉及插入剂伪核苷酸。本发明的插入剂伪核苷酸能够被合并到核酸或
核酸类似物的骨架中,并且它们包括一个插入剂,该插入剂包含一个平面共轭系统,能够与DNA的碱基共堆叠。本发明还涉及至少包括一个插入剂伪核苷酸的寡核苷酸或寡核苷酸类似物。此外,本发明还涉及合成插入剂伪核苷酸的方法以及合成至少包括一个插入剂伪核苷酸的寡核苷酸或寡核苷酸类似物的方法。此外,本发明还描述了从包括核酸的混合物中分离序列特异性DNA的方法,检测包括核酸和/或
核酸类似物的混合物中的序列特异性DNA(目标DNA)的方法,以及检测包括核酸和/或
核酸类似物的混合物中的序列特异性RNA的方法。特别是所述方法可能涉及使用包括插入剂伪核苷酸的寡核苷酸。本发明还涉及能够杂交到一起的寡核苷酸或寡核苷酸类似物的配对,其中所述配对包括至少一个插入剂伪核苷酸。还描述了抑制
DNA酶和/或RNA酶的方法以及调节一个或多个特定
基因的转录的方法。