Selective amplification by auto- and cross-catalysis in a replicating peptide system

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6710, 1998, Pages 447-450

  Yao, Shao ^a   Ghosh, Indraneel ^a   Zutshi, Reena ^a   Chmielewski, Jean ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0032481038     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24814     Document Type: Article

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