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ArticleACS chemical biology2026

Self-Avoiding Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acids for Selective Targeting of RNA Secondary Structures.

Isha Dhami, Shivaji A Thadke, J Dinithi R Perera, Ramesh Batwal, En Zheng, Savani W Thrikawala, Babita Aryal, Danith H Ly

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Isha DhamiDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7386-6241
Shivaji A ThadkeDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7339-9575
J Dinithi R PereraDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
Ramesh BatwalDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
En ZhengDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
Savani W ThrikawalaDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
Babita AryalDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
Danith H LyDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD), Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8760-0070

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Abstract

RNA molecules play essential roles in all aspects of cellular function, but their complex secondary and tertiary structures pose significant challenges for selective targeting. Traditional antisense strategies often avoid these structured regions, focused instead on unstructured sequences. In this study, we present an enhanced Self-Avoiding Molecular Recognition System designed to selectively recognize and bind structured RNA elements, offering an alternative approach for targeting biologically relevant RNA conformations with improved specificity and selectivity. This is achieved by incorporating established self-avoidance nucleobases (t and c) along with a deazapurine series (a and g)─designed to provide greater flexibility in fine-tuning binding affinity─into a conformationally preorganized gamma peptide nucleic acid backbone. Despite possessing self-complementary arms (

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Peptide Nucleic AcidsRNABase SequenceNucleic Acid ConformationPeptide Nucleic AcidsRNA

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