title: Branched nanowire based guanine rich oligonucleotides.
abstract: Self-assembly and aggregation of guanine rich sequences can provide useful insights into DNA nanotechnology and telomeric structure and function. In this paper, we designed a guanine rich sequence d(GGCGTTTTGCGG). We found that it can form stable structure in appropriate condition and it exhibits an anomalous CD spectra. This structures can be imaged in ambient environment with a Nanoscope III AFM (Digital Instruments). We found it forms branch structure and long multistrand DNA nanowire after incubation at 37 degrees C for 6-12 hours in 25 mM TE (pH=8.0) + 5 mM Mg2+ + 50 mM K+. The ability to self-assemble into branches and long wires not only clearly demonstrate its potential as scaffold structures for nanotechnology, but also give aids to understand telomeric structure further. We have proposed a model to explain how these structures formed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006147:Guanine / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D016615:Telomere / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D006147:Guanine