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DNA-Tethered RNA Polymerase for Programmable In vitro Transcription and Molecular Computation
Published on: December 29, 2021
Site-specific functionalization of RNA molecules by an unnatural base pair transcription system via click chemistry
Takumi Ishizuka1, Michiko Kimoto, Akira Sato
1RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center (SSBC), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
Abstract:
Toward new biotechnology by genetic alphabet expansion, we developed an efficient site-specific labeling method for large RNA molecules. The combination of unnatural base pair transcription and post-transcriptional modification by click chemistry enables simple RNA labeling with a wide variety of functional groups at desired positions, in a one-pot reaction.
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