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(20) Walton, T.; Zhang, W.; Li, L.; Tam, C. P.; Szostak, J. W., The
National Science Foundation (CHE-1607034) and the Simons
Foundation (290363) to J.W.S. The authors thank Dr.
Angelica Mariani and Dr. David Russell for their expert
advice, Dr. Chun Pong Tam for assistance with methyl
isocyanide synthesis, Dr. John Sutherland for sharing
unpublished results and insightful conversations, Dr. Travis
Walton, Dr. Lijun Zhou and Ms. Lydia Pazienza for helpful
discussions, and Mr. Constantin Giurgiu, Dr. Anna Wang, Dr.
Travis Walton, Dr. Kyle Strom, and Dr. Zoe Todd for helpful
comments on the manuscript.
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