araban and altritol

Recombination, the exchange of information between different genetic polymer strands, is of fundamental importance in biology for genome maintenance and genetic diversification and is mediated by dedicated recombinase enzymes. Here, we describe an innate capacity for non-enzymatic recombination (and ligation) in random-sequence genetic oligomer pools. Specifically, we examine random and semi-random eicosamer (N

Topics: Base Pairing; Base Sequence; DNA; Kinetics; Models, Molecular; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; Oligoribonucleotides; Polysaccharides; Recombination, Genetic; RNA; Solutions; Sugar Alcohols; Thermodynamics