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1 List of Publications Research Group Diederichsen (last update January 2014) Spontaneous aggregation of the insulin-derived steric zipper peptide VEALYL results in different aggregation forms with common features, D. Matthesa, V. Daebel, K. Meyenberg, D. Riedel, G. Heim, U. Diederichsen, A. Lange, B. L. de Groot, J. Mol. Biol. 2014, 426, Nucleobase caged peptide nucleic acids: PNA/PNA duplex destabilization and light triggered PNA/PNA recognition, S. Guha, J. Graf, B. Göricke, U. Diederichsen, J. Pept. Sci., 2013, 19, Idealizing ion channel recordings by jump segmentation and statistical multiresolution analysis, T. Hotz, O. Schütte, H. Sieling, T. Polupanow, U. Diederichsen, C. Steinem, A. Munk, IEEE Trans on NanoBioScience, 2013, 12, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate clusters act as molecular beacons for vesicle recruitment, A. Honigmann, G. van den Bogaart, E. Iraheta, H. J. Risselada, D. Milovanovic, V. Müller, S. Müllar, U. Diederichsen, D. Fasshauer, H. Grubmüller, S. W. Hell, C. Eggeling, K. Kühnel, R. Jahn, Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2013, 20, Orientation selection in distance measurements between nitroxide spin labels at 94 GHz EPR with variable dual frequency irradiation, I. Tkach, S. Pornsuwan, C. Höbartner, F. Wachowius, S. Th. Sigurdsson, T. Y. Baranova, U. Diederichsen, G. Sicoli, M. Bennati Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, Design of Peptide-Membrane Interactions to Modulate Single-File Water Transport through Modified Gramicidin Channels, G. Portella, T. Polupanow, F. Zocher, D. A. Boytsov, P. Pohl, U. Diederichsen, B. L. de Groot, Biophysical Journal, 2012, 103, Coiled-Coil Formation on Lipid Bilayers Implications for Docking and Fusion Efficiency, G. Pähler, C.Panse, U. Diederichsen, A. Janshoff, Biophysical Journal, 2012, 103, Continuous β-turn fold of an alternating alanyl/homoalanyl peptide nucleic acid' J. A. Cuesta-Seijo, J. Zhang, U. Diederichsen, G. M. Sheldrick Acta Crystallogr. 2012, D68, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate increases the Ca2+ affinity of synaptotagmin-1 40-fold G. van den Bogaart, K. Meyenberg, U. Diederichsen, R. Jahn J. Biol. Chem.2012, 287, Synthesis of trifunctional cyclo-ß-tripeptide templates F.Stein, T. Mehmood, T. Plass, J. H. Zaidi, U. Diederichsen, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2012, 8, Variation of the intercalating proline in artificial peptides mimicking the DNA binding and bending IHF protein, S. Scholz, E. K. Liebler, B. Eickmann, H.-J. Fritz, U. Diederichsen, Amino Acids, 2012, 43, Enzymatic synthesis of 8-vinyl- and 8-styryl-2'-deoxyguanosine modified DNA - novel fluorescent molecular probes, B. Holzberger, J. Strohmeier, V. Siegmund, U. Diederichsen, A. Marx, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2012, 22, Vinylguanine nucleo amino acid - a fluorescent PNA building block, S. Müllar, J. Strohmeier, U. Diederichsen, Org. Lett. 2012, 14,

2 Semi-Synthesis and Analysis of chemically modified Zif268 Zinc Finger Domains, F. Fehr, A. Nadler, F. Brodhun, I. Feussner, U. Diederichsen, ChemistryOpen, 2012, 1, U. Diederichsen, in 'Aus den Elfenbeintürmen der Wissenschaft, XLAB Science Festival', E.-M. Neher (Ed.), Band 5, 'Lineare molekulare Architekturen mit DNA- und Peptid-Biooligomer-Gerüsten', Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2011, Membrane protein sequestering by ionic-protein lipid interactions, G. van den Bogaart, K. Meyenberg, H. J. Risselada, H. Amin, K. I. Willig, B. E. Hubrich, M. Dier, S. W. Hell, H. Grubmüller, U. Diederichsen, R. Jahn, Nature, 2011, 479, TOPP A Novel Nitroxide-labeled Amino Acid for EPR Distance Measurements, S. Stoller, G. Sicoli, T. Y. Baranova, M. Bennati, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem., 2011, 123, , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, Transmembrane Domain Peptide/Peptide Nucleic Acid Hybrid as a Model of a SNARE Protein in Vesicle Fusion, A. S. Lygina, K. Meyenberg, R. Jahn, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem., 2011, 123, , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, SNARE derived peptide mimic inducing membrane fusion, K. Meyenberg, A. S. Lygina, G. van den Bogaart, R. Jahn, U. Diederichsen, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47 (33), Temperature-dependent intensity anomalies in amino acid esters: weak hydrogen bonds in protected glycine, alanine and valine, K. E. Otto, S. Hesse, T. N. Wassermann, C. A. Rice, M. A. Suhm, T. Stafforst, U. Diederichsen, PhysChemChemPhys, 2011, 13, Changing nucleotide specificity of the DEAD-box helicase Hera abrogates communication between the Q-motif and the P-loop, J. Strohmeier, I. Hertel, U. Diederichsen, M. G. Rudolph, D. Klostermeier, Biol. Chem., 2011, 392, Vinyl-2 -deoxyguanosine as Fluorescent 2 -Deoxyguanosine Mimic for Investigating DNA Hybridization and Topology, Angew. Chem., 2011, 123, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, Variation of the intercalating proline in artificial peptides mimicking the DNA binding and bending IHF protein, S. Scholz, E. K. Liebler, B. Eickmann, H.-J. Fritz, U. Diederichsen, Amino Acids, 2011, accepted. Synaptotagmin-1 may be a distance regulator acting upstream of SNARE nucleation, G. v. d. Bogaart, S. Thutupalli, J. H. Risselada, K. Meyenberg, M. Holt, D. Riedel, U. Diederichsen, S. Herminghaus, H. Grubmüller, R. Jahn, Nature Struct. Mol. Biol., 2011, 18, Influence of substrate dideuteration on the reaction of the bifunctional heme enzyme psi factor producing oxygenase A (PpoA), A. Nadler, C. Koch, F. Brodhun, J.-D. Wehland, K. Tittmann, I. Feussner, U. Diederichsen, ChemBioChem, 2011, 12, Peptide Model Helices in Lipid Membranes Insertion, Positioning and Lipid Response on Aggregation Studied by X-Ray Scattering, P. E. Schneggenburger, A. Beerlink, B. Weinhausen, T. Salditt, U. Diederichsen, Eur. Biophys. J., 2011, 40, Triostin A derived hybrid for simultaneous DNA binding and metal coordination, E.-F. Sachs, A. Nadler, U. Diederichsen, Amino Acids, 2010, 41,

3 Synthesis and DNA Interaction of Platinum Complex/Peptide Chimera as Potential Drug Candidates, M. S. Damian, H. K. Hedman, S. K. C. Elmroth, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2010, Synthesis of 8,1 -etheno and 8,2 -ethano bridged guanosine derivatives using radical cyclization, J. Strohmeier, A. Nadler, D. Heinrich, A. Fitzner, U. Diederichsen, Heterocycles, 2010, 82, Molecular Recognition at the Membrane-Water Interface: Controlling Integral Peptide Helices by Off- Membrane Nucleobase Pairing, P. E. Schneggenburger, S. Müllar, B. Worbs, C. Steinem, U. Diederichsen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, Synthesis of novel MMT/acyl-protected nucleo alanine monomers for the preparation of DNA/alanyl- PNA chimeras, G. N. Roviello, S. Gröschel, C. Pedone, U. Diederichsen, Amino Acids, 2010, 38, Engineered Cystine Knot Miniproteins as Potent Inhibitors of Human Mast Cell Tryptase beta, C. P. Sommerhoff, O. Avrutina, H.-U. Schmoldt, D. Gabrijelcic-Geiger, U. Diederichsen and H. Kolmar, J. Mol. Biol., 2010, 395, Azide reduction during peptide cleavage from solid support - the choice of thioscavenger?, P. E. Schneggenburger, B. Worbs, U. Diederichsen, J. Pept. Sci., 2010, 16, Binding kinetics of bisintercalator Triostin A with optical tweezers force mechanistics, C. Kleimann, A. Sischka, A. Spiering, K. Tönsing, N. Sewald, U. Diederichsen, D. Anselmetti, Biophys. J., 2009, 97, Syntheses of Triostin A Antibiotic and Nucleobase-Functionalized Analogs as New DNA Binders, A. Kumar Ray, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2009, Higher Aggregation of ß-Peptide Networks Controlled by Nucleobase Pairing, R. Srivastava, A. Kumar Ray, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2009, Application of copper(i) catalyzed azide-alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition to the synthesis of templateassembled multivalent peptide conjugates, O. Avrutina, M. Empting, S. Fabritz, M. Daneschdar, H. Frauendorf, U. Diederichsen, H. Kolmar, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, Dynamic Sequence Modification: A Design Principle for Synthetic Informational Oligomers, U. Diederichsen, ChemBioChem, 2009, 10, Histidine Analog Amino Acids Providing Metal-Binding Sites Derived from Bioinorganic Model Systems, A. Nadler, C. Hain, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2009, A Novel Heavy Atom Label for Side Specific Peptide Iodination Synthesis, Membrane Incorporation and X-ray Reflectivity, P. E. Schneggenburger, A. Beerlink, B. Worbs, T. Salditt, U. Diederichsen, ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, Lys314 is a nucleophile in non-classical reactions of Orotidine-5'-Monophosphate Decarboxylase, D. Heinrich, U. Diederichsen, M. G. Rudolph, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, Organization of Nucleobase Functionalized ß-Peptides Investigated by Soft Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, N. Diezemann, L. M. M. Weigang, P. Chakraborty, H. Frauendorf, T. Letzel, U. Diederichsen, J. Mass. Spectrom. 2009, 44,

4 Knottin cyclization: Impact on Structure and Dynamics, A. Heitz, O. Avrutina, D.-L. Nguyen, U. Diederichsen, J.-F. Hernandez, J. Gracy, H. Kolmar, L. Chiche, BMC Structural Biology, 2008, 8: Pos Crystal Structures of Human Orotidine-5 -monophosphate Decarboxylase Implications for Drug Design and Catalysis, J. Wittmann, D. Heinrich, U. Diederichsen, M. G. Rudolph, Biophys. J., 2008, 94, Synthesis of formacetal linked dinucleotides to facilitate dsdna bending and binding to the homeodomain of Pax6, M. Pitulescu, M. Grapp, R. Krätzner, W. Knepel, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2008, Guanosine analog with respect to Z-DNA stabilization: Nucleotide with combined C8-bromine and C2'-arabino ethynyl modifications, A. Nadler, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2008, Formation of gutingimycin: analytical investigation of trioxacarcin A mediated alkylation of dsdna, A. Fitzner, H. Frauendorf, H. Laatsch, U. Diederichsen, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2008, 390, Head-to-tail cyclized cystine-knot peptides by a combined recombinant and chemical route of synthesis, O. Avrutina, H.-U. Schmoldt, D. Gabrijelcic-Geiger, A. Wentzel, H. Frauendorf, C. P. Sommerhoff, U. Diederichsen, H. Kolmar, ChemBioChem, 2008, 9, Structures of the human orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxlase support a covalent mechanism and provide a framework for drug design, J. Wittmann, D. Heinrich, K. Gasow, A. Frey, U. Diederichsen, M. G. Rudolph, Structure, 2008, 16, Synthesis and DNA Incorporation of an Ethynyl-Bridged Cytosine C-Nucleoside as Guanosine, D. Heinrich, T. Wagner, U. Diederichsen, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, Reactions and Syntheses in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, L. F. Tietze, T. Eicher, U. Diederichsen, A. Speicher, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, September Conformation and interaction of a D,L-alternating peptide with bilayer membrane: X-ray reflectivity, CD and FTIR spectroscopy, A. Küsel, Z. Khattari, P. E. Schneggenburger, A. Banerjee, T. Salditt, U. Diederichsen, ChemPhysChem, 2007, 8, Uniformly nucleobase functionalized β-peptide helices: Watson-Crick pairing of non-specific aggregation, A. Weiß, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2007, Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles functionalized with peptides by electrostatic interactions, N. Hildebrandt, U. Diederichsen, ARKIVOC; 2007; 5, Synthesis of the Green Fluorescent Protein chromophore as alaninyl and N-(2-aminoethyl)glycinyl amino acid side chain for incorporation into peptides and peptide nucleic acids, T. Stafforst, U. Diederichsen Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2007, Solid-phase synthesis of acid-sensitive N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine-PNA oligomers via Fmoc/Bhocstrategy, T. Stafforst, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2007, Thymine Oxetanes as Charge Traps for Chemical Monitoring of Nucleic Acid Mediated Transfer of Excess Electrons, T. Stafforst, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45,

5 Synthesis of a 7-Deazaguanine-Functionalized β-amino Acid: Improved Specificity of ß-Peptide Helix Organization, P. Chakraborty, A. M. Brückner, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006, Trypsin inhibition by macrocyclic and open-chain variants of the squash inhibitor MCoTI-II, O. Avrutina, H.-U. Schmoldt, D. Gabrijelcic-Geiger, D. Le Nguyen, C. P. Sommerhoff, U. Diederichsen, H. Kolmar, Biol. Chem., 2005, 386, Metal binding within a peptide-based nucleobase stack with tuneable double strand topology, A. Küsel, J. Zhang, M. Alvarino Gil, C. A. Stückl,W. Meyer-Klaucke, F. Meyer, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005, (6-4)-Photolyase activity requires charge shift reaction, T. Stafforst, U. Diederichsen, Chem. Commun., 2005, Three Dimensional Organization of Helices: Design Principles for Nucleobase-Functionalized β- Peptides, P. Chakraborty, U. Diederichsen, Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, Applications, features, and mechanistic aspects of liquid water beam desorption mass spectrometry, B. Abel, A. Charvat, U. Diederichsen, M. Faubel, B. Girmann, J. Niemeyer, A. Zeeck, Int. J. Mass Spectr. 2005, 243, Side chain homologation of alanyl peptide nucleic acids: pairing selectivity and stacking, U. Diederichsen, D. Weicherding, N. Diezemann, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, Synthesis of Cyclopeptidic Analogues of Triostin A with Quinoxalines or Nucleobases as Chromophores, B. Dietrich, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2005, Fmoc-Assisted Synthesis of a 29-Residue Cystine-Knot Trypsin Inhibitor Containing a Guaninyl Amino Acid at the P1-Position, O. Avrutina, H.-U. Schmoldt, H. Kolmar, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2004, Solution and structure of an alternating D,L-peptide, E. Alexopoulos, A. Küsel, G. M. Sheldrick, U. Diederichsen, I. Usón, Acta Cryst. 2004, D60, From the IHF Protein to Design and Synthesis of a Sequence-Specific DNA Bending Peptide, E. K. Liebler, U. Diederichsen, Org. Lett. 2004, 6, A Solution-Phase Synthesis of Nucleobase-Substituted Analogues of Triostin A, K. B. Lorenz, U. Diederichsen, J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, Femtosecond Time-resolved Guanine Oxidation in Acridine Modified Alanyl Peptide Nucleic Acids, D. Weicherding, W. B. Davis, S. Hess, T. von Feilitzsch, M. E. Michel-Beyerle, U. Diederichsen, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, Nucleo Amino Acids as Arginine Mimetics in Cyclic Peptide Hybrids, K. B. Lorenz, U. Diederichsen, Letters in Peptide Science 2003, 10, Molecular Architecture with Functionalized ß-Peptide Helices, A. M. Brückner, P. Chakraborty, S. H. Gellman, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42,

6 Synthesis of Novel Nucleo-ß-Amino Acids and Nucleobase-Functionalized ß-Peptides, A. M. Brückner, M. Garcia, A. Marsh, S. H. Gellman, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, Synthesis of Amino Acids with Unnatural Nucleobases or Chromophores Suitable for Use in Model Electron-Transfer Studies, T. Wagner, W. B. Davis, K. B. Lorenz, M. E. Michel-Beyerle, U. Diederichsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, Fluorous Techniques: Progress in Reaction-Processing and Purification, U. Diederichsen, in "Organic Synthesis- Highlights V" Hrsg. H.-G. Schmalz, T.Wirth, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, Bryostatin and their Analogues, U. Diederichsen, in "Organic Synthesis- Highlights V" Hrsg. H.-G. Schmalz, T.Wirth, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, Eleutherobin: Synthesis, Structure/Activity Relationship, and Pharmacophore, U. Diederichsen, in "Organic Synthesis- Highlights V" Hrsg. H.-G. Schmalz, T.Wirth, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, Total Synthesis of the Natural Products CP-263, 114 and CP-225, 917, U. Diederichsen, K. B. Lorenz in "Organic Synthesis- Highlights V" Hrsg. H.-G. Schmalz, T.Wirth, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, Solid-Phase Synthesis of Oligosaccharides, U. Diederichsen, T. Wagner in "Organic Synthesis- Highlights V" Hrsg. H.-G. Schmalz, T.Wirth, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, Nucleo-ß-Amino Acids: Synthesis and Oligomerization to ß-Homoalanyl-PNA, Arndt M. Brückner, Harald W. Schmitt, Ulf Diederichsen, Helv. Chim. Acta 2002, 85, Specific Purine-Purine Base Pairing in Linear Alanyl Peptide Nucleic Acids, M. F. H. Hoffmann, A. M. Brückner, T. Hupp, B. Engels, U. Diederichsen, Helv. Chim. Acta 2000, 83, Phe and Asn Side Chains in DNA Double Strands, U. Diederichsen, C. Biro, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2000, 10, Interactions of Amino Acid Side Chains with Nucleobases in Alanyl-PNA, U. Diederichsen, D. Weicherding, Synlett 1999, S1, Bryostatine und ihre Analoga, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47, Oligosaccharid Festphasensynthese, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47, Chemie mit Fluorphasen: Vorteile für Reaktionsführung und Aufarbeitung, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47, Synthese, Struktur-Aktivitäts-Beziehung Pharmakophor von Eleutherobin, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47,

7 Totalsynthese der Naturstoffe CP-263,114 und CP 225,917, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47, Bioorganic Chemistry - Highlights and New Aspects, Hrsg. U. Diederichsen, T. Lindhorst, L. A. Wessjohann, B. Westermann, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 1999, Alanyl-PNA: A Model System for DNA Using a Linear Peptide Backbone as Scaffold, U. Diederichsen, in "Bioorganic Chemistry - Highlights and New Aspects" Hrsg. U. Diederichsen, T. Lindhorst, L. A. Wessjohann, B. Westermann, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Nucleinsäure-Analoga und neuartige Peptidstrukturen, Trendberichte Organische Chemie 1998, U. Diederichsen, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 1999, 47, Oligomers with Intercalating Cytosine-Cytosine+ Base Pairs and Peptide Backbone: DNA i-motif Analogues, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, Selectivity of DNA Replication: The Importance of Base-Pairs Geometry over Hydrogen Bonding, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, ß-Homoalanyl-PNA: A Special Case of ß-Peptides with ß-Sheet-Like Backbone Conformation; Organization in Higher Ordered Structures, U. Diederichsen, H. W. Schmitt, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 1998, Alanyl-PNA Homoduplex: A-T Pairing with the N7-Regioisomer of Adenine, U. Diederichsen, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1998, 8, ß-Homoalanyl-PNA: Synthesis and Indication of Higher Ordered Structures, U. Diederichsen, H. W. Schmitt, Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, Warum Pentose- und nicht Hexose-Nucleinsäuren? Teil V: (Purin-Purin-Basenpaarung in der Homo- DNS-Reihe: Guanin, Isoguanin, 2,6-Diaminopurin und Xanthin), K. Groebke, J. Hunziker, W. Fraser, L. Peng, U. Diederichsen, K. Zimmermann, A. Holzner, C. Leumann, A. Eschenmoser, Helv. Chim. Acta 1998, 81, Alanyl-PNA: Evidence for Linear Band Structures Based on Guanine-Cytosine Base Pairs, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem. 1997, 109, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36, Alanyl-PNA Oligomers: A New System for Intercalation, U. Diederichsen, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1997, 7, Radical Cyclizations of Acylgermanes. New Reagent Equivalents of the Carbonyl Radical Acceptor Synthon, D. P. Curran, U. Diederichsen, M. Palowich, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, Biomolecular Reactions of Alkyl Halides and Acylgermanes: Formation of Ketones, Diketons, and other Products by Radical-Radical Reaction, U. Diederichsen, D. P. Curran, J. Organomet. Chem. 1997, 531, Self-Pairing PNA with Alternating Alanyl-/Homoalanyl Backbone, U. Diederichsen, H. W. Schmitt, Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37,

8 Pairing Properties of Alanyl Peptide Nucleic Acids Containing an Amino Acid Backbone with Alternating Configuration, U. Diederichsen, Angew. Chem. 1996, 108, ; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1996, 35, A. Hypoxanthin-Basenpaarungen in HOMO-DNA-Oligonucleotiden B. Zur Frage des Paarungsverhaltens von Glucopyranosyl-Oligonucleotiden, U. Diederichsen, Dissertation ETH Nr , Zürich Warum Pentose- und nicht Hexose-Nucleinsäuren? Teil III: Oligo(2,3 -dideoxy-b-dglucopyranosyl)nucleotide ("HOMO-DNS"): Paarungseigenschaften, J. Hunziker, H.-J. Roth, M. Böhringer, A. Giger, U. Diederichsen, M. Göbel, R. Krishnan, B. Jaun, C. Leumann, A. Eschenmoser, Helv. Chim. Acta 1993, 76, Prof. Dr. U. Diederichsen Phone: +49 (0) Institut für Organische und Fax: +49 (0) Biomolekulare Chemie Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Tammannstr Göttingen - Germany -

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