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SUBMITTER: Suter SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734094 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suter Scott R SR Ball-Jones Alexi A Mumbleau Madeline M MM Valenzuela Rachel R Ibarra-Soza Jose J Owens Hassan H Fisher Andrew J AJ Beal Peter A PA
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20171201 47
SiRNAs can cause unintended gene silencing due to miRNA-like effects because of the similarity in function of an siRNA guide strand and a miRNA. Here we evaluate the effect on miRNA-like off targeting of introducing the adenosine derivative 7-EAA and triazoles prepared from 7-EAA at different positions in an siRNA guide strand. We find that a sterically demanding triazole placed in the RNA duplex major groove at position six of the guide strand dramatically reduces miRNA-like off targeting poten ...[more]