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SUBMITTER: Delaney JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3434874 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20090101 25
Supersize me! Size-expanded DNA bases (xDNA) are able to encode natural DNA sequences in replication. In vitro experiments with a DNA polymerase show nucleotide incorporation opposite the xDNA bases with correct pairing. In vivo experiments using E. coli show that two xDNA bases (xA and xC, see picture) encode the correct replication partners. ...[more]