Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan.
Abstract:
Silver turns up the A-C: In the presence of Ag(I) ions, a DNA polymerase incorporated deoxyadenosine (from dATP) at the site opposite cytosine in the template strand to afford the full-length product (see scheme), meaning that DNA polymerases prefer a C-Ag(I)-A base pair to the more thermodynamically stable C-Ag(I)-C base pair.