Structure of nanoscale truncated octahedral DNA cages: Variation of single-stranded linker regions and influence on assembly yields

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1367-1376

  Oliveira, Cristiano Luis Pinto ^a   Juul, Sissel ^a   Jørgensen, Hanne Lærke ^a   Knudsen, Bjarne ^b   Tordrup, David ^a   Oteri, Francesco ^c   Falconi, Mattia ^c   Koch, Jørn ^d   Desideri, Alessandro ^c   Pedersen, Jan Skov ^a   Andersen, Felicie Faucon ^a   Knudsen, Birgitta Ruth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Aarhus University ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assembly efficiency; DNA nanostructure; Flexibility; Single stranded linker variation; Small angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY YIELDS; CAGE SIZES; CAGE STRUCTURES; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; DNA NANOSTRUCTURES; DOUBLE HELIX; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LINKER REGION; NANO SCALE; NANOCAGES; SINGLE-STRANDED LINKER VARIATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYMMETRY PLANES; TWIST ANGLES;

DNA; GENES; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; X RAY SCATTERING;

SCATTERING;

NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMIDINE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77950128663     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901510v     Document Type: Article

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