Abstract
Metal ion, an astonishing illusionist: In a new concept, "illusionary" polymerase activity is intentionally triggered at T-T and C-C mismatched primers by Hg2+ and Ag+ ions, respectively. A novel strategy to construct molecular-scale logic gates utilizes the nonnatural polymerase activity induced by the metal ions by rational design of the primers and selection of the type of DNA polymerase (see picture).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9757-9760 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 50 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Dec 10 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- DNA
- mercury
- molecular logic gates
- nucleotides
- silver
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)