Enhanced Nonenzymatic Ligation of Homopurine Miniduplexes: Support for Greater Base Stacking in a Pre-RNA World

ChemBioChem

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-48

  Kuruvilla, Elizabeth ^a   Schuster, Gary B ^a   Hud, Nicholas V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA ligation; Nucleic acids; Origins of life; Pre RNA; Proto RNA; Purines

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

EID: 84871519643     PISSN: 14394227     EISSN: 14397633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200601     Document Type: Article

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