Fast and accurate nonenzymatic copying of an RNA-like synthetic genetic polymer

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

Volumn 110, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 17732-17737

  Zhang, Shenglong ^a,b   Blain, J Craig ^a,b   Zielinska, Daria ^c   Gryaznov, Sergei M ^c   Szostak, Jack W ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC POLYMER; MONOMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFICIAL GENETIC SYSTEMS; MISMATCH; NONENZYMATIC PRIMER EXTENSION; NUCLEOTIDE MODIFICATIONS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

AMIDES; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84887038264     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312329110     Document Type: Article

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