Functionalizing Designer DNA Crystals with a Triple-Helical Veneer
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Functionalizing Designer DNA Crystals with a Triple-Helical Veneer**
DNA is a very useful molecule for the programmed self-assembly of 2D and 3D nanoscale objects.1 The design of these structures exploits Watson-Crick hybridization and strand exchange to stitch linear duplexes into finite assemblies.2-4 The dimensions of these complexes can be increased by over five orders of magnitude through self-assembly of cohesive single-stranded segments (sticky ends).5, 6...
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عنوان ژورنال: Angewandte Chemie
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0044-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201309914