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Approaching The Limit: Can One DNA Oligonucleotide Assemble into Large Nanostructures?
Author(s) -
Liu Haipeng,
Chen Yi,
He Yu,
Ribbe Alexander E.,
Mao Chengde
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200504022
Subject(s) - oligonucleotide , nanotechnology , template , dna , nanostructure , dna nanotechnology , nanowire , dna origami , materials science , micrometer , biology , physics , genetics , optics
The long and the short of it : A short oligonucleotide is designed to self‐assemble into micrometer‐long nanotubes, which further serve as templates to fabricate metallic nanowires. This study addresses the question: what is the minimum number of DNA strands that are required for self‐assembly of well‐defined DNA nanostructures?