Mirror image DNA nanostructures for chiral supramolecular assemblies
Overview of Lin C et al.
Authors | Lin C  Ke Y  Li Z  Wang JH  Liu Y  Yan H   |
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Affiliation | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Biodesign Institute   Arizona State University   Tempe   Arizona 85287   USA.   |
Journal | Nano Lett |
Year | 2009 |
Abstract
L-DNA, the mirror image of natural D-DNA, can be readily self-assembled into designer discrete or periodic nanostructures. The assembly products are characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, circular dichroism spectrum, atomic force microscope, and fluorescence microscope. We found that the use of enantiomer DNA as building material leads to the formation of DNA supramolecules with opposite chirality. Therefore, the L-DNA self-assembly is a substantial complement to the structural DNA nanotechnology. Moreover, the L-DNA architectures feature superior nuclease resistance thus are appealing for in vivo medical applications.