A unified Watson-Crick geometry drives transcription of six-letter expanded DNA alphabets by E. coli RNA polymerase

Abstract Artificially Expanded Genetic Information Systems (AEGIS) add independently replicable unnatural nucleotide pairs to the natural G:C and A:T/U pairs found in native DNA, joining the unnatural pairs through alternative modes of hydrogen bonding. Whether and how AEGIS pairs are recognized and...

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Main Authors: Juntaek Oh, Zelin Shan, Shuichi Hoshika, Jun Xu, Jenny Chong, Steven A. Benner, Dmitry Lyumkis, Dong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43735-9