Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2016,7, 1166–1173, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.108
acids is under scrutiny. An important problem in this aspect is to find the most vulnerable conservativeregions in the viral genome as targets for the action of these agents. Another challenge is the development of an efficient system for their delivery into cells. To solve this problem, we proposed a
TiO2·PL–DNA nanocomposite consisting of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and polylysine (PL)-containing oligonucleotides.
Results: The TiO2·PL–DNA nanocomposites bearing the DNA fragments targeted to different conservativeregions of (−)RNA and (+)RNA of segment 5 of influenza A virus (IAV) were studied
different subtypes. Some patterns of localization of the most vulnerable regions in IAV segment 5 for the action of DNA-based drugs were found. The (−)RNA strand of IAV segment 5 appeared to be more sensitive as compared to (+)RNA.
Keywords: conservativeregions; DNA fragments; H1N1, H5N1, and H3N2
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Figure 1:
Scheme of localization of the used DNA fragments on influenza A virus segment 5. AUG is the initiat...