Self-assembly of DNA into nanoscale three-dimensional shapes

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7245, 2009, Pages 414-418

  Douglas, Shawn M ^a,b   Dietz, Hendrik ^a   Liedl, Tim ^a   Högberg, Björn ^a   Graf, Franziska ^a,b   Shih, William M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MONOVALENT CATION; NANOMATERIAL;

CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOIMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 66249137759     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08016     Document Type: Article

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