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Molecular cross-talk

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There is a long way to go before artificial enzymes can reproduce the functions of the real things. The advent of systems that generate and respond to signals may bring that ideal a step closer.

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  1. Alexander Greer is in the Department of Chemistry, Graduate Center and the City University of New York, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA. agreer@brooklyn.cuny.edu,

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Greer, A. Molecular cross-talk. Nature 447, 273–274 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447273a

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