Advantages of 33-P

[Jim Owens]

In article <2m3heg$d4e at usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Dan Diaz,
bl275 at cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
>Use of dATP(alpha-S) leads to the formation of phosphorothioates, whose
>structure is:
>               S
>      5'-dN~ O P O ~dA-3'
>               O
>
>which is still a (thio)phosphate diester and not thermolabile, as are
sulfate
>diesters. 

Ahhh!  The light dawns.  Thanks, Diz

Good luck,

Jim Owens