Conformational flexibility facilitates self-assembly of complex DNA nanostructures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 10665-10669

  Zhang, Chuan ^a   Su, Min ^b   He, Yu ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b   Fang, Ping An ^b   Ribbe, Alexander E ^a   Jiang, Wen ^b   Mao, Chengde ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; Icosahedron; Molecular cages; Polyhedron; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NANOCAGE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 49449117057     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803841105     Document Type: Article

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