Understanding the diversity of dynamic structures and functions of DNA and RNA in biology
requires tools that can selectively and intimately probe these biomolecules. Synthetic …

Aptamers are molecular recognition elements made of nucleic acids. Diverse synthetic
aptamers have been discovered in a large number of SELEX experiments since 1990. This …

With its capacity to store and transfer the genetic information within a sequence of
monomers, DNA forms its central role in chemical evolution through replication and …

All biological information, since the last common ancestor of all life on Earth, has been
encoded by a genetic alphabet consisting of only four nucleotides that form two base pairs …

Liquid formamide has been irradiated by high-energy proton beams in the presence of
powdered meteorites, and the products of the catalyzed resulting syntheses were analyzed …

Synthetic biology is a new interdisciplinary research area that uses engineering principles
as guidelines for biological investigation. With research goals to modify existing biological …

Life's diversity is built on the wide range of properties and functions that can be encoded in
natural biopolymers such as polypeptides and nucleic acids. However, despite their …

Synthetic biology seeks to probe fundamental aspects of biological form and function by
construction [ie,(re) synthesis] rather than deconstruction (analysis). In this sense, biological …

Synthetic Biology promises low-cost, exponentially scalable products and global health
solutions in the form of self-replicating organisms, or “living devices.” As these promises are …

Conspectus The information available to any organism is encoded in a four nucleotide, two
base pair genetic code. Since its earliest days, the field of synthetic biology has endeavored …