Biophysical studies with parallel stranded oligoduplex

The thermal denaturation profiles of parallel stranded oligoduplexes during UV-spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy, for the first time, were shown to follow the similar patterns as were described for antiparallel stranded oligoduplexes. The B-form structure of these center-bubble-forming oligoduplexes was determined with circular dichroism. Thermodynamic properties were also discussed.