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Hydrogen bonding interactions of polyamines with the 2'' OH of RNA. |
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| Authors: | P H Bolton and D R Kearns |
| Abstract: | Polyamines and other charged amines bind to RNA by hydrogen bonding to the 3' phosphate and to the 2' OH. This mode of binding suggests a mechanism by which DNA and RNA might be distinguished by enzymes. |
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