A plasmid is a small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule that is distinct from ... plasmids to one another through a process called conjugation. Scientists have taken advantage of plasmids ...

The research findings were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society ("Merging DNA Repair with Bioorthogonal Conjugation Enables Accessible and Versatile Asymmetric DNA Catalysis").

More information: Jie Sheng et al, Merging DNA Repair with Bioorthogonal Conjugation Enables Accessible and Versatile Asymmetric DNA Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024).