Turn it on! Hybridization of peptide nucleic acids with DNA can be efficiently manipulated by modifying the PNA with a single azobenzene photoswitch. The effect is remarkably strong in the triplex binding mode and can be exploited for the photocontrol of transcription by T7 RNA polymerase (Pol T7).
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