Detection of parallel and antiparallel DNA triplex structures in living human cells using in-cell NMR.

We introduced oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) that form parallel and antiparallel triplex structures in vitro into living human cells and recorded their in-cell NMR spectra. Observation of landmark signals for triplex structures proved for the first time that parallel and antiparallel triplex structures are formed in living human cells.