5-Iodocytidine

5-Iodocytidine is a key tool for research in the field of nucleic acids and nucleic acid-protein interactions. Has been used in structural elucidation of mispairs with natural bases to explain their mutagenic properties; in the study of cytosine methyltransferases; 5-Iodocytidine has also been used for photo-crosslinking of nucleoprotein complexes; in X-ray diffraction experiments of nucleic acids and nucleic acid binding proteins; as nonradioactive label and as alternative for mixed probes; for triple-helix stabilization; as antisense oligonucleotide; and in the study of the restriction endonucleases cleavage mechanism.