DNA enzymes: New-found chemical reactivity

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作者：
Bashkin, JK
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CURRENT BIOLOGY | 1997年 / 7卷 / 05期
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10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00138-2
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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DNA is generally considered to be chemically rather inert, but self-cleaving DNA molecules have recently been isolated from in vitro selection experiments; their properties advance the idea that, like RNA, DNA can serve as both a catalyst and an information storage medium.
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