DNA-based dynamic networks show adaptation to external stimuli toward the generation of the fittest constituent. This selection principle has now been implemented to control the catalytic efficiency of an enzymatic reaction.
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Winat, L.J., Saccà, B. The primordial life of DNA dynamic networks. Nat Catal 3, 865–866 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00536-3
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