Authors: Manasi Kulkarni; Neha Nirwan; Kara van Aelst; Mark D. Szczelkun; Kayarat Saikrishnan
5-Amidodansyl-U (UD) Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) as a Fluorescent Sensor of the Local Dielectric Constant (Îμ ) in PNA Duplexes: Major Grooves in PNA Duplexes Are More Hydrophobic Than Major Grooves in DNA-DNA Duplexes