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DNA triple helices in the parallel binding motif can efficiently be stabilized at neutral pH by replacing deoxycytidine in the third strand by the C-nucleoside 1. The increase in stability is due to the higher pKa of the base in 1, rendering its protonation, required for base pair formation, more favorable at physiological pH.
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Hildbrand et al. (1996) studied this question.
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