Efficient and sequence-independent replication of DNA containing a third base pair establishes a functional six-letter genetic alphabet

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 12005-12010

  Malyshev, Denis A ^a   Dhami, Kirandeep ^a   Quach, Henry T ^a   Lavergne, Thomas ^a   Ordoukhanian, Phillip ^a   Torkamani, Ali ^a   Romesberg, Floyd E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial DNA; Bioinformatics; Expanded genetic alphabet; Hydrophobic; Unnatural nucleotides

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTINYLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84864353628     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205176109     Document Type: Article

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