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A catalytic DNA for porphyrin metallation

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A guanine-rich DNA oligomer (33 nucleotides), isolated by in vitro selection from a random-sequence DNA library, catalyses the insertion of copper(II) and zinc ions into mesoporphyrin IX.

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