title: DNA as a versatile chemical component for catalysis, encoding, and stereocontrol.
abstract: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material common to all of Earth's organisms. Our biological understanding of DNA is extensive and well-exploited. In recent years, chemists have begun to develop DNA for nonbiological applications in catalysis, encoding, and stereochemical control. This Review summarizes key advances in these three exciting research areas, each of which takes advantage of a different subset of DNA's useful chemical properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. scott@scs.illinois.edu
authors.forename: Scott K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D004247:DNA