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DNA as a Versatile Chemical Component for Catalysis, Encoding, and Stereocontrol

Year: 2010

Type: review

Abstract: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material common to all of Earth's organisms. Our biological understanding of DNA is extensive and well-exploited. In recent years, chemists have begun to develop DNA for nonbiological applications in catalysis, encoding, and stereochemical control. This Review summarizes key advances in these three exciting research areas, each of which takes advantage of a different subset of DNA's useful chemical properties.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906345

Author: Scott K. Silverman

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: Deoxyribozymes for Protein Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation