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Nature Chemical Biology 1, 195 (1 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0905-195

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Deoxyribozymes go full circle Deoxyribozymes, or DNA enzymes, are single-stranded DNA molecules that catalyze chemical reactions. DNA enzymes do not seem to exist in natural systems, but they can be created in the laboratory by means of a combinatorial DNA library technique known as in vitro selection.