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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Li, Y., Sen, D. A catalytic DNA for porphyrin metallation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 743–747 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0996-743
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