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Encapsulation of DNA‐Templated Chromophore Assemblies within Virus Protein Nanotubes
Author(s) -
de la Escosura Andrés,
Janssen Pim G. A.,
Schenning Albertus P. H. J.,
Nolte Roeland J. M.,
Cornelissen Jeroen J. L. M.
Publication year - 2010
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.201001702
Subject(s) - chromophore , nanotechnology , dna , virus , encapsulation (networking) , materials science , nanotube , chemistry , computer science , carbon nanotube , biology , biochemistry , virology , organic chemistry , computer network
A beneficial virus : The hierarchical self‐assembly of a three‐component system consisting of single‐stranded DNA (oligothymines; T q ), chromophores (G), and virus coat proteins (CP) leads to the formation of micrometer‐long nanotubes (see picture). Tuning the interaction between the three components leads to the formation of structures with different length scales, and the chromophores within the nanotubes maintain the helical arrangement of the T q –G template.