A 1.7-kilobase single-stranded DNA that folds into a nanoscale octahedron

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6975, 2004, Pages 618-621

  Shih, William M ^a   Quispe, Joel D ^a   Joyce, Gerald F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DENATURATION;

DNA;

DNA BASE; DNA POLYMERASE; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SYNTHETIC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLONING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA RENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOMETRY; OCTAHEDRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP;

BASE PAIRING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 1342325559     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02307     Document Type: Article

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