Efficient enzyme-free copying of all four nucleobases templated by immobilized RNA

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 603-608

  Deck, Christopher ^a   Jauker, Mario ^a   Richert, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

EID: 79960684944     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1086     Document Type: Article

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