title: Catalysts for RNA and DNA modification.
abstract: To study DNAs and RNAs it is often necessary to chemically modify them. Nature's strategy for nucleic acid modification is to use selective catalysts, and chemists have begun to emulate this conceptual approach. In this review we present a summary of catalytic approaches toward the construction of modified RNAs and DNAs and outline our opinions on where new research is needed.
authors.affiliation: St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland. Electronic address: dennis.gillingham@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gillingham
authors.affiliation: COMSATS Institute of Technology, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ramla
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shahid
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D021881:DNA, Catalytic / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021881:DNA, Catalytic; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA