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Triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) provide useful tools for the artificial regulation of gene expression at the transcriptional level. They can become topologically linked to their DNA target upon circularization, thereby forming very stable triple helical structures. These "padlock oligonucleotides" are able to interfere with transcription elongation when their target site is located in the transcribed region of a gene. In vitro transcription experiments showed that a bacterial RNA polymerase was stopped at the site of triple-helix formation, whereas expression of a reporter gene was inhibited in live cells. In both cases, the padlock oligonucleotide was more efficient at inhibiting transcription elongation than a linear TFO, and the inhibition was observed only in the presence of a triplex stabilizing agent. These results provide new insights into the ligand-modulated locking of padlock oligonucleotides around their DNA target.
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