Self-assembled nanostructures based on DNA: towards the development of nanobiotechnology

✍ Scribed by Christof M Niemeyer

• Book ID: 104414473
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 725 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1367-5931
• DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(00)00140-x

✦ Synopsis

DNA is a promising construction material for the supramolecular 'bottom-up' engineering of artificial nanostructured devices. The use of DNA for the selective positioning of macromolecular components, the fabrication of nanostructured DNA scaffolds, as well as the DNA-templated synthesis of nanometer-sized and mesoscopic complexes, consisting of inorganic and bioorganic compounds, are exciting areas of current research.