Figure 1
Upper row: `all-purine' pairs suggested by Wächtershäuser (1988). Lower row: purine–purine base pairing motifs of 5-aza-7-deazaguanine 2′-deoxyribonucleoside (2b) with antiparallel (aps) or parallel (ps) strand orientation (Seela et al., 2001). Notes: iGd = 2′-deoxyisoguanosine, dG = 2′-deoxyguanosine and R = β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl. |