Controlled assembly of dendrimer-like DNA

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Yougen, L I ^a   Tseng, Yolanda D ^a   Kwon, Sang Y ^a   D'Espaux, Leo ^a   Bunch, J Scott ^b   McEuen, Paul L ^b   Luo, Dan ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; DENDRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGOMERS; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY; DNA BUILDING BLOCKS; DNA COMPUTING; DNA NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DNA;

BIOMATERIAL; DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 1642300685     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1045     Document Type: Article

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