Controlled Growth of DNA Structures from Repeating Units Using the Vernier Mechanism

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3002-3008

  Greschner, Andrea A ^a   Bujold, Katherine E ^a   Sleiman, Hanadi F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOSTRUCTURES; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BASE SEQUENCES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CONTROLLED GROWTH; CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; DNA ASSEMBLIES; DNA NANOSTRUCTURES; REPEATING UNIT; VERNIER METHODS;

ASSEMBLY;

DNA; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DNA; NANOSTRUCTURES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84905841387     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm500613s     Document Type: Article

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