title: Assembling gold nanoparticles into flower-like structures by complementary base pairing of DNA molecules with mediation by apoferritins.
abstract: Apoferritin caged gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were assembled into flower-like structures by precise base pairing of the attached DNA molecules. The key step was to use the eight hydrophilic channels through the apoferritin to control the exact number and locations of the DNA molecules that grafted onto the caged AuNP.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, P. R. China. yj@seu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yan-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peng-Cheng
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhi-Fei
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D001052:Apoferritins / Q000737:chemistry*; D020029:Base Pairing; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size
chemical_list: D006046:Gold; D004247:DNA; D001052:Apoferritins