Efforts toward expansion of the genetic alphabet: DNA polymerase recognition of a highly stable, self-pairing hydrophobic base [10]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 49, 1999, Pages 11585-11586

  McMinn, Dustin L ^a   Ogawa, Anthony K ^a   Wu, Yiqin ^a   Liu, Jianquan ^a   Schultz, Peter G ^a   Romesberg, Floyd E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETTER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033572961     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9925150     Document Type: Letter

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