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Evolutionary optimization of the catalytic properties of a DNA-cleaving ribozyme.
Biochemistry - 17 May 1994
Tsang J, Joyce G F
Abstract excerpt
In a previous study [Beaudry, A. A., & Joyce, G. F. (1992) Science 257, 635-641], an in vitro evolution procedure was used to obtain variants of the Tetrahymena ribozyme with 100-fold improved ability to cleave a target single-stranded DNA under physiologic conditions. Here we report continuation of the in vitro evolution process to achieve 10(5)-fold overall improvement in DNA-cleavage activity. In addition, we...
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