Soft-Surface DNA Nanotechnology: DNA Constructs Anchored and Aligned to Lipid Membrane
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Soft-Surface DNA Nanotechnology: DNA Constructs Anchored and Aligned to Lipid Membrane**
Two-dimensional (2D) DNA assemblies are usually, for imaging purposes, immobilized on hard surfaces resulting in irreversible systems devoid of any dynamics. Herein, the attachment of a 2D DNA nanoconstruct to a soft lipid membrane surface is reported. The membrane anchor is a porphyrin nucleoside and at least three attachment points are needed to align the DNA nanoconstruct onto the membrane s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Angewandte Chemie
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0044-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103338