The fidelity of template-directed oligonucleotide ligation and the inevitability of polymerase function

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-390

  James, Kenneth D ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0032821715     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006544611320     Document Type: Article

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