DNA triangles and self-assembled hexagonal tilings.
We have designed and constructed DNA complexes in the form of triangles. We have created hexagonal planar tilings from these triangles via self-assembly. Unlike previously reported structures self-assembled from DNA, our structures appear to involve bending of double helices. Bending helices may be a useful design option in the creation of self-assembled DNA structures. It has been suggested that DNA self-assembly may lead to novel materials and efficient computational devices.
Chelyapov
Nickolas
N
Laboratory for Molecular Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1340, USA.
Brun
Yuriy
Y
Gopalkrishnan
Manoj
M
Reishus
Dustin
D
Shaw
Bilal
B
Adleman
Leonard
L
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
D004247:DNA