DNA is the blueprint for life; it enables nature to pass on information from one DNA strand to the other, create mRNA with high accuracy and make proteins with absolute control over the sequence of the amino acid building blocks. A new paper now adds another templating function to the list: the programmed construction of synthetic polymers.
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van Hest, J. Encoding synthetic polymers. Nat Chem Biol 4, 272–273 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0508-272
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