Diego Núñez-Villanueva

Jan 13, 2025 | pubs.acs.org | Peter Bolgar |Mohit Dhiman |Diego Núñez-Villanueva |Christopher A Hunter

1. IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!Template-directed synthesis is the basis of DNA replication and governs the transmission of biological inheritance and the expression and regulation of biological function in nature. (1,2) Soon after the discovery of the structure of DNA and the mechanism of DNA replication, Todd envisaged that chemists would emulate nature and use the principles of template-directed synthesis in organic chemistry.