DNA enzymes: new-found chemical reactivity.
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.
Bashkin
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Department of Chemistry, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130-4899, USA.
D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D006868:Hydrolysis; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000378:metabolism
D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D003300:Copper; D004247:DNA; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases