Structural basis of transcription of the hachimoji eight-letter alphabet by E. coli RNA polymerase
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"Structural basis of transcription of the hachimoji eight-letter alphabet by E. coli RNA polymerase" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include UC San Diego Today, Earth.com, Phys.org and Nature. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (4)
- Breakthrough Helps Expand Genetic Alphabet UC San Diego Today · 1d ago
- Life has run on four genetic letters for billions of years, and a bacterial enzyme just read eight Earth.com · 1d ago
- Eight-letter DNA alphabet is accurately transcribed by a natural enzyme Phys.org · 1d ago
- Structural basis of transcription of the hachimoji eight-letter alphabet by E. coli RNA polymerase Nature · 1d ago
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