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Expanded genetic alphabets — Clarity Today

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Expanded genetic alphabets

Research line that adds laboratory-made base pairs to DNA's natural four letters so genetic material can store and transmit more information than nature encodes.

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science2 distinct publishers

RNA polymerase reads two lab-made base pairs using the same cues as the natural four

UC San Diego's cryo-EM structures show E. coli's transcription enzyme accepting hachimoji letters, with a companion paper finding it needs no hydrogen bonds to do so. Neither experiment happened inside a living cell.

Publishers:phys.org · sciencedaily.com

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Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+30
Incentives62

Confidence66