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Cascade of reduced speed and accuracy after errors in enzyme-free copying of nucleic acid sequences.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 9 Jan 2013
Leu Kevin, Kervio Eric, Obermayer Benedikt, Turk-MacLeod Rebecca M, Yuan Caterina, Luevano Jesus-Mario, Chen Eric, Gerland Ulrich, Richert Clemens, Chen Irene A
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Nonenzymatic, template-directed synthesis of nucleic acids is a paradigm for self-replicating systems. The evolutionary dynamics of such systems depend on several factors, including the mutation rates, relative replication rates, and sequence characteristics of mutant sequences. We measured the kinetics of correct and incorrect monomer insertion downstream of a primer-template mismatch (mutation), using a range...
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