Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.4, 420-422, 2012
Termini-free Molecular Beacon Utilizing Silylated Perylene and Anthraquinone Attached to the C-5 Position of Pyrimidine Nucleobase
A termini-free molecular beacon type of DNA bearing a novel silylated perylene and an anthraquinone both at the C-5 position of deoxyuridine residues exhibits prominent fluorescence upon mixing with complementary oligonucleotide (24- to 50-fold increase in comparison with a single-stranded state) along with one base mismatch discrimination ability.