New RNA modifications for regulation of translation
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
Abstract
New types of modified mRNA bearing diverse substituents at nucleobases will be prepared by polymerase incorporation of modified nucleoside triphosphates and the influence of these non-natural substituents on interactions with proteins as well as on translation will be studied.
Field of study: Organic chemistry
Reference:
- Milisavljevič, N.; Perlíková, P.; Pohl, R.; Hocek, M.: "Enzymatic synthesis of base-modified RNA by T7 RNA polymerase. A systematic study and comparison of 5-substituted pyrimidine and 7-substituted 7-deazapurine nucleoside triphosphates as substrates" Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 5800-5807.
Universities
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