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A new route to synthetic DNA

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An enzymatic approach to oligonucleotide synthesis promises to extend the length and fidelity of synthetic DNA

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Figure 1: Comparison of traditional phosphoramidite and enzymatic synthesis of oligos.

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  1. Adam Clore is at Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, Iowa, USA.,

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A.C. is employed by Integrated DNA Technologies, from which oligos use in the experiments described in Palluk et al. were purchased.

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Clore, A. A new route to synthetic DNA. Nat Biotechnol 36, 593–595 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4185

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