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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Dec 21;135(1):354–366. doi: 10.1021/ja3095558

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Templated (A) and non-templated (B) primer extension with activated 2′-deoxynucleoside 5′-monophosphates, with nucleophilic attack of the primer terminus and release of the leaving group. The degree of stalling of extension after a mismatch is limited by the background rate of non-templated extension. R = H or OH; B and B′ are nucleobases.