Natural versus artificial creation of base pairs in DNA: Origin of nucleobases from the perspectives of unnatural base pair studies

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2055-2065

  Hirao, Ichiro ^a,b   Kimoto, Michiko ^a,b   Yamashige, Rie ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TagCyx Biotechnologies   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE; ISOCARBOSTYRIL; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE;

BASE MISPAIRING; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; ISOQUINOLINES; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMIDINE;

EID: 84865283348     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200257x     Document Type: Review

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