title: Recent progress in DNA origami technology.
abstract: DNA origami is an emerging technology for designing defined two-dimensional DNA nanostructures. In this review, we focus on and describe several types of DNA origami-related studies, as follows: (1) programmed DNA origami assembly, (2) DNA origami-templated molecular assembly, (3) design and construction of various three-dimensional DNA origami structures, (4) programmed functionalization of DNA origami and combination with top-down nanotechnology, (5) single molecular observation on a designed DNA origami, and (6) DNA nanomachines working on a DNA origami.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004260:DNA Repair; D055029:Inverted Repeat Sequences; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA