Nucleic Acids with a Six-Membered 'Carbohydrate' Mimic in
the Backbone
P. Herdewijn ................................................. 1
Oligonucleotide N3' → P5' Phosphoramidates and Thio-
Phoshoramidates as Potential Therapeutic Agents
S.M. Gryaznov ............................................... 61
From Anionic to Cationic a-Anomeric Oligodeoxynucleotides
F. Morvan, F. Debart, J.-J. Vasseur ......................... 79
The Resurgence of Acyclic Nucleic Acids
S. Zhang, C. Switzer, J.C. Chaput .......................... 121
Exotic DNAs Made of Nonnatural Bases and Natural
Phosphodiester Bonds
J. Chiba, M. Inouye ........................................ 135
Locked Nucleic Acids: Promising Nucleic Acid Analogs for
Therapeutic Applications
R.N. Veedu, J. Wengel ...................................... 159
Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) in Chemical Biology and Drug
Discovery
P.E. Nielsen ............................................... 167
2-Azapurine Nucleosides: Synthesis, Properties, and Base
Pairing of Oligonucleotides
S. Budow, F. Seela ......................................... 187
An Overview of Sugar-Modified Oligonucleotides for Antisense
Therapeutics
T.P. Prakash ............................................... 233
Phosphorothioate Nucleotides and Oligonucleotides - Recent
Progress in Synthesis and Application
P. Guga, M. Koziołkiewicz .................................. 259
Crystallographic Studies of Chemically Modified Nucleic
Acids: A Backward Glance
M. Egli, P.S. Pallan ....................................... 299
Selenium Derivatization of Nucleic Acids for X-Ray Crystal-
Structure and Function Studies
J. Sheng, Z. Huang ......................................... 329
Oligonucleotides with Sugars Other Than Ribo- and
2'-Desoxyribofuranose in the Backbone: the Solution
Structures Determined by NMR in the Context of the
'Etiology of Nucleic Acids' Project of Albert Eschenmoser
M.-O. Ebert, B. Jaun ....................................... 363
Chemistry and Structural Biology of DNA Damage and
Biological Consequences
M.P. Stone, H. Huang, K.L. Brown, G. Shanmugam ............. 389
Exploring the Role of Chirality in Nucleic Acid Recognition
D. D'Alonzo, A. Guaragna, G. Palumbo ....................... 435
Chemistry on Nucleic Acid Templates
J. Berger, M. Oberhuber .................................... 477
Improved Large-Scale Liquid-Phase Synthesis and High-
Temperature NMR Characterization of Short (F-)PNAs
T.A. Plöger, G. von Kiedrowski ............................. 513
Index ......................................................... 543
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