Improving DNAzyme catalysis through synthetically modified DNAzymes and probing DNA polymerase function to improve selection methodology

DNA enzymes (DNAzymes) are part of a growing field of nucleic acid-based catalysts. Unlike ribozymes, DNAzymes have no apparent precedence in nature to date and can only be discovered through in vitro selection. These selections can accommodate both natural and chemically-functionalized nucleotide...

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Main Author: Hipolito, Christopher John
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30659