New letters for life's alphabet

  • Thyer R
  • Ellefson J
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The five bases found in nucleic acids define the 'alphabet' used to encode life on Earth. The construction of an organism that stably propagates an unnatural DNA base pair redefines this fundamental feature of life. See Letter p.385

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Thyer, R., & Ellefson, J. (2014). New letters for life’s alphabet. Nature, 509(7500), 291–292. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13335

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