Abstract: The present invention provides 2-aminopyridine and 2-pyridone C-nucleosides and oligonucleotides containing the subject nucleosides. The nucleosides are useful in the preparation of the subject oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides are useful in oligonucleotide-based diagnosis and separation through triplex binding.

Abstract: Novel hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions are provided which are particularly useful for forming internucleotide and internucleoside linkages in oligonucleosides or oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides and analogs thereof made by using the hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions may be therapeutically useful as antiviral and anticancer agents and may have other therapeutic or diagnostic uses. A method for making the hydrogen-phosphonodithioates is provided as well as a method for converting same to an activated intermediate for substitution on the phosphorus atom.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-aminopyridine and 2-pyridone C-nucleosides and oligonucleotides containing the subject nucleosides. The nucleosides are useful in the preparation of the subject oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides are useful in oligonucleotide-based diagnosis and separation through triplex binding.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-aminopyridine and 2-pyridone C-nucleosides and oligonucleotides containing the subject nucleosides. The nucleosides are useful in the preparation of the subject oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides are useful in oligonucleotide-based diagnosis and separation through triplex binding.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-aminopyridine and 2-pyridone C-nucleosides and oligonucleotides containing the subject nucleosides. The nucleosides are useful in the preparation of the subject oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides are useful in oligonucleotide-based diagnosis and separation through triplex binding.

Abstract: Novel hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions are provided which are particularly useful for forming internucleotide and internucleoside linkages in oligonucleosides or oligonucleotides, The oligonucleotides and analogs thereof made by using the hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions may be therapeutically useful as antiviral and anticancer agents and may have other therapeutic or diagnostic uses, A method for making the hydrogen-phosphonodithioates is provided as well as a method for converting same to an activated intermediate for substitution on the phosphorus atom.

Abstract: A method is provided for the high fidelity, rapid and economical in vitro synthesis of oligonucleotides. Nucleoside H-phosphonates are condensed in seriatim using a dehydrating agent to produce a poly (nucleoside H-phosphonate). The product is oxidized to yield the desired oligonucleotide. A novel reagent is provided for multiple nucleoside additions in single cycles.

Abstract: A method is provided for the high fidelity, rapid and economical in vitro synthesis of oligonucleotides. Nucleoside H-phosphonates are condensed in seriatim using a dehydrating agent to produce a poly (nucleoside H-phosphonate). The product is oxidized to yield the desired oligonucleotide. A novel reagent is provided for multiple nucleoside additions in single cycles.

Abstract: A method is provided for making 3' and/or 5' end-capped oligonucleotides so as to render the oligonucleotide resistant to degradation by exonucleases. The exonuclease degradation resistance is provided by incorporating two or more phosphoramidate and phosphorocmonothioate and/or phosphorodithioate linkages at the 5' and/or 3' ends of the oligonucleotide, wherein the number of phosphoramidate linkages is less than a number which would interfere with hybridization to a complementary oligonucleotide strand and/or which would interfere with RNAseH activity when the oligonucleotide is hybridized to RNA.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods for the production of oligonucleotides under conditions which exploit the desirable characteristics, such as the property of sustaining high degrees of substitution, of functionalized organic polymeric supports while avoiding the sluggish kinetics and low rates of conversion which normally plague syntheses involving such solid supports. By employing the methods and materials disclosed, functionalized support, substituted to a degree of about 250 .mu.mol/g, can be utilized at greater than 98% conversion levels for each sequential nucleotide coupling cycle, to provide unprecedented amounts of isolated oligonucleotide per gram of solid support.

Abstract: Novel hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions are provided which are particularly useful for forming internucleotide and internucleoside linkages in oligonucleosides or oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides and analogs thereof made by using the hydrogen-phosphonodithioate compositions may be therapeutically useful as antiviral and anticancer agents and may have other therapeutic or diagnostic uses. A method for making the hydrogen-phosphonodithioates is provided as well as a method for converting same to an activated intermediate for substitution on the phosphorus atom.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods for the production of oligonucleotides under conditions which exploit the desirable characteristics, such as the property of sustaining high degrees of substitution, of functionalized organic polymeric supports while avoiding the sluggish kinetics and low rates of conversion which normally plague syntheses involving such solid supports. By employing the methods and materials disclosed, functionalized support, substituted to a degree of about 250 .mu.mol/g, can be utilized at greater than 98% conversion levels for each sequential nucleotide coupling cycle, to provide unprecedented amounts of isolated oligonucleotide per gram of solid support.

Abstract: A method is provided for the high fidelity, rapid and economical in vitro synthesis of oligonucleotides. Nucleoside H-phosphonates are condensed in seriatim using a dehydrating agent to produce a poly (nucleoside H-phosphonate). The produce is oxidized to yield the desired oligonucleotide. A novel reagent is provided for multiple nucleoside additions in single cycles.