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Weird viral DNA spills secrets to biologists

Some bacteriophages use an alternative genetic alphabet that’s distinct from the code used by nearly all other organisms. genomes using a chemical base called 2-aminoadenine, Z for short, instead of adenine


And, now, two teams have spelled out how the system works.





https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01157-x

 
 
 

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