DNA-Templated Formation and N,O-Transacetalization of N-Methoxyoxazolidines. Aapo Aho, Tomi Österlund, Jani Rahkila, Pasi Virta Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200583. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136507505&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

The role of the maleimide ring system on the structure-activity relationship of showdomycin. Petja Rosenqvist, Janne J. Mäkinen, Kaisa Palmu, Johanna Jokinen, Ranjit K. Prajapati, Korhonen Heidi J. Korhonen, Pasi Virta Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2022, 237, 114342. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128193859&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

The DNA polymerase of bacteriophage YerA41 replicates its T-modified DNA in a primer-independent manner. Miquel V. Gomez-Raya-Vilanova, Katarzyna Leskinen, Arnab Bhattacharjee, Pasi Virta, Petja Rosenqvist, Jake L. R. Smith, Oliver W. Bayfield, Christina Homberger, Tobias Kerrinnes, Jörg Vogel, Maria I. Pajunen, Mikael Skurnik Nucleic Acids Res. 2022, 50, 3985-3997, https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130407496&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

Oligonucleotides Featuring a Covalently Mercurated 6-Phenylcarbazole Residue as High-Affinity Hybridization Probes for Thiopyrimidine-Containing Sequences. Tharun K. Kotammagari, Petri Tähtinen, Tuomas lönnberg Chem. Eur. J. 2022 (in press), https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140122493&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

N-Methoxy-1,3-oxazinane nucleic acids (MOANAs) – a configurationally flexible backbone modification allows post-synthetic incorporation of base moieties. Mark N. K. afari, Pasi Virta, Tuomas Lönnberg Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 3480-3485, https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129314701&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

Assembly of Bleomycin Saccharide-Decorated Spherical Nucleic Acids. Ville Tähtinen*, Vijay Gulumkar, Sajal K. Maity, Ann-Mari Yliperttula, Saara Siekkinen, Toni Laine, Ekaterina Lisitsyna, Iida Haapalehto, Tapani Viitala, Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen, Marjo Yliperttula, Pasi Virta* Bioconjugate Chem. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00539

Synthesis of an Azide- and Tetrazine-Functionalized [60]Fullerene and Its Controlled Decoration with Biomolecules. Vijay Gulumkar, Ville Tähtinen, Aliaa Ali, Jani Rahkila, Juan José Valle-Delgado, Antti Äärelä, Monika Österberg, Marjo Yliperttula, Pasi Virta* ACS Omega 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05955

2-Trifluoromethyl-6-mercurianiline Nucleotide, a Sensitive ¹⁹F NMR Probe for Hg(II)-mediated Base Pairing. Asmo Aro-Heinilä, Assi Lepistö, Antti Äärelä, Tuomas Lönnberg, Pasi Virta* J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 137–146, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02056

Improved Synthesis Strategy for N-Methoxy-1,3-oxazinane Nucleic Acids (MOANAs). Josefiina Wallin, Tuomas Lönnberg Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200538 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132985689&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f