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RNA Nanotechnology

Inspired by DNA

Nature Nanotechnology volume 5, pages 634–635 (2010)Cite this article

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An RNA nanocube can self-assemble isothermally during in vitro transcription.

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Figure 1: A split-probe aptamer assembled by a cubic RNA scaffold.

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  1. Michael Famulok and Damian Ackermann are at the LIMES Institute, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Gerhard Domagk Strasse 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany. m.famulok@uni-bonn.de,

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Famulok, M., Ackermann, D. Inspired by DNA. Nature Nanotech 5, 634–635 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.183

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