| CPC C07H 19/24 (2013.01) [C07H 19/00 (2013.01); C07H 21/00 (2013.01); C07H 21/04 (2013.01); C12N 9/22 (2013.01); C12N 15/1024 (2013.01); C12P 19/34 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6832 (2013.01)] | 35 Claims |

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1. A nucleobase pair comprising a first nucleobase analog having the structure β9b, and a second nucleobase analog having any of the structures α15a or α15b:
![]() wherein each X is independently carbon or nitrogen,
wherein each R1 is independently hydrogen, alkyl group, a reactive linker comprising a reactive center a linker coupled to a cargo,
wherein each R2 is optional and when present is independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, methoxy, methanethiol, methaneseleno, halogen, cyano, azide, nitro group, a reactive linker comprising a reactive center, or a linker coupled to a cargo,
wherein each Y is independently sulfur, oxygen, selenium, or a secondary amine,
wherein each E is independently oxygen, sulfur or selenium,
and the wavy line indicates a point of bonding to a ribosyl, deoxyribosyl, or dideoxyribosyl moiety or an analog thereof, wherein the ribosyl, deoxyribosyl, or dideoxyribosyl moiety, or analog thereof is in free form, is bound to a mono-phosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, α-thiotriphosphate, β-thiophosphate, or γ-thiophosphate group, or is included in an RNA or a DNA or in an RNA analog or a DNA analog.
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