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Nature Materials 7, 98–100 (1 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmat2110
Biomolecular assembly: Dynamic DNA
Abstract
Building blocks of DNA self-assemble into nanostructures in a kinetically controlled way. The versatile molecular system can be programmed to perform diverse dynamic functions. Nanotechnologists, inspired by living systems, strive to design artificial biomolecular systems that show similar behaviour. One aspect of biological self-assembly they have found challenging to mimic in synthetic systems, however, involves the dynamic properties of natural processes.
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