title: pH-responsive size-tunable self-assembled DNA dendrimers.
abstract: Putting the DNA in dendrimers: a strategy to swiftly prepare DNA dendrimers based solely on DNA self-assembly is presented. This technique produces highly pure DNA dendrimers with an excellent yield of high generation dendrimers. The incorporation of molecular motors (i-motifs) into the DNA dendrimers allows for a change in size (up to 30%) in response to changing pH values.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Dehai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Zhibo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhongqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D004247:DNA