| Literature DB >> 27213685 |
Angad P Mehta1, Han Li1, Sean A Reed1, Lubica Supekova1, Tsotne Javahishvili1, Peter G Schultz1.
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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomic DNA is comprised of the four building blocks A, G, C, and T. We have begun to explore the consequences of replacing a large fraction or all of a nucleoside in genomic DNA with a modified nucleoside. As a first step we have investigated the possibility of replacement of T by 2'-deoxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)uridine (5hmU) in the genomic DNA of Escherichia coli. Metabolic engineering with phage genes followed by random mutagenesis enabled us to achieve approximately 75% replacement of T by 5hmU in the E. coli genome and in plasmids.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27213685 PMCID: PMC5218517 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03904
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419