title: Artificial metallo-DNA: a bio-inspired approach to metal array programming.
abstract: The structure of DNA is such that the multi-array of functionalized units with desired numbers and sequences within the DNA is possible. In particular, to replace DNA bases, which are biologically important elements for gene expression, by alternative bases would provide powerful tools for programming molecular arrays in a pre-designed manner. This review focuses on recent chemical approaches to self-assembled metal arrays within DNA with metal-mediated base pairing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. shionoya@chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shionoya
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D019295:Computational Biology; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals; D004247:DNA