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Biomolecular self-assembly

DNA origami rewired

DNA origami nanostructures of unprecedented complexity can be created by finding a DNA strand path through wireframe shapes using an approach based on graph theory.

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Figure 1: DNA origami design for wireframe shapes.

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Andersen, E. DNA origami rewired. Nature Nanotech 10, 733–734 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.204

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