Thesis advisor: Larry W. McLaughlin / Thesis advisor: Mary F. Roberts / Nucleic acids are essential biological molecules for life. For example, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the main genetic information carrier; ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a critical role in translation and transcription. These characteristics place nucleic acids as the fundamental genetic materials of a living system. Since over a century ago, intensive attempts have been made by researchers to study the nucleic acid properties. For chemists, it is particularly interesting and important to understand the relationship between structures and properties of nucleic acids. For instance chemical modifications can alter stability of nucleic acids, and consequently influence their biochemical behaviors. In this work, we began by investigation of a 5',6-cyclo-modified nucleic acid resembling the product of DNA oxidation, and then developed a library of cyclomodifications. Our research on their structures and properties indicated that by installing cyclo-modifications we might be able to add some properties, that were not observed in nature to nucleic acids. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2012. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_101876 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Yu, Hongchuan |
| Publisher | Boston College |
| Source Sets | Boston College |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, thesis |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. |
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