title: DNA enzymes: new-found chemical reactivity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130-4899, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bashkin
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D006868:Hydrolysis; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D003300:Copper; D004247:DNA; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases