Synthetic Life with Alternative Nucleic Acids as Genetic Materials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. XNAs in Synthetic Biology
2.1. Sugar-Modified XNAs
2.2. Phosphate-Modified XNAs
2.3. Sugar- and Phosphate-Modified XNAs
2.4. Base-Modified XNAs
2.5. Unnatural Base Pairs (UBPs)
3. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Nie, P.; Bai, Y.; Mei, H. Synthetic Life with Alternative Nucleic Acids as Genetic Materials. Molecules 2020, 25, 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25153483
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Chicago/Turabian StyleNie, Peng, Yanfen Bai, and Hui Mei. 2020. "Synthetic Life with Alternative Nucleic Acids as Genetic Materials" Molecules 25, no. 15: 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25153483