Abstract
The first ribo- and deoxyribo-nucleoside (α-P-borano, α-P-thio)triphosphates have been synthesized. The chemical and biochemical properties of adenosine (α-P-borano, α-P-thio)triphosphate and thymidine (α-P-borano, α-P-thio) triphosphate have been investigated.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by grants 1R01-GM57693-01 from NIH and DE-FG05-97ER62376 from DOE to B.R.S.