A photoresponsive supramolecular G-quadruplex.

ABSTRACT: Photoirradiation of a hexadecameric supramolecular G-quadruplex leads to a diastereoselective [2 + 2] cyclodimerization of half of its constituent subunits, which in turn shifts the equilibrium toward the formation of a precise heteromeric octamer.

SUBMITTER: Rivera JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3766467 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature