Abstract
Fused oligonucleotides(21mer) consisting of RNA(18mer) and DNA(3mer) were synthesized by combined use of the phosphotriester and phosphoramidite methods. The RNA(18mer) corresponds to the leader sequence of phage fl coat protein mRNA containing initiation codon. The RNA was stabilized against 3′-exonucleases by joining with trideoxy-ribonucleotides containing phosphorothioate linkages and it would be applied to the studies on the initiation complex formation in prokaryotic translation.