A synthetic molecular system capable of mirror-image genetic replication and transcription

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 698-704

  Wang, Zimou ^a   Xu, Weiliang ^b   Liu, Lei ^b   Zhu, Ting F ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERIZATION; RNA; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84975764565     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2517     Document Type: Article

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