title: Nucleic Acid Engineering: RNA Following the Trail of DNA.
abstract: The self-assembly feature of the naturally occurring biopolymer, DNA, has fascinated researchers in the fields of materials science and bioengineering. With the improved understanding of the chemical and structural nature of DNA, DNA-based constructs have been designed and fabricated from two-dimensional arbitrary shapes to reconfigurable three-dimensional nanodevices. Although DNA has been used successfully as a building block in a finely organized and controlled manner, its applications need to be explored. Hence, with the myriad of biological functions, RNA has recently attracted considerable attention to further the application of nucleic acid-based structures. This Review categorizes different approaches of engineering nucleic acid-based structures and introduces the concepts, principles, and applications of each technique, focusing on how DNA engineering is applied as a guide to RNA engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyejin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Yongkuk
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Jieun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Jaepil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangwoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul , 163 Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemungu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D057005:Bioengineering; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA
keywords: RNA nanotechnology; bioengineering; materials science; structural DNA nanotechnology