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Another dimension for DNA art

Nature volume 459, pages 331–332 (2009)Cite this article

Many of nature's intricate nanostructures self-assemble from subunits. Efforts to mimic these assembly processes enter a new phase with a method to design and build three-dimensional DNA nanostructures.

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Figure 1: DNA sculpture.

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