title: A thermo-driven DNA zipper.
abstract: A DNA nano-zipper built from double crossover structures is demonstrated in this work. The open and close states of the zipper are reversibly controlled by the temperature switch.
authors.affiliation: State Key laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China. jren@ciac.ac.cn xqu@ciac.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Youhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jinsong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004247:DNA