New Structural Motifs for Hammerhead Ribozymes. Catalytic Activity of Abasic Nucleotide Substituted Ribozymes

Abstract
The synthesis of 1-deoxy-D-ribofuranose-3-(2-cyanoethyl N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite) (6) from D-ribose and its incorporation into a hammerhead ribozyme is described.