DNA Targeting Antigene

Experiments in cell-free in vitro assays have shown that formation of a PNA triplex invasion complex with a homopurine motif on the template strand results in the steric hindrance of RNA polymerases, leading to complete arrest of further 

A few ex vivo and in vivo studies have been published claiming an antigene (and antisense) effect of mixed purine/pyrimidine sequence PNA [48, 49, 78-80]. However, as pointed out by us in recent reviews [81, 82] these studies lack fundamental controls such as the inclusion of relevant internal standards as a control for sequence-specific non-antigene/antisense effects, thus confirmatory studies are warranted. The in vivo antigene studies from Richelsoris group [79, 83] completely lack a rational basis for the claimed effects. First of all there is no evidence that 

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