DNA origami

S Dey, C Fan, KV Gothelf, J Li, C Lin, L Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

Functionalizing DNA origami to investigate and interact with biological systems

GA Knappe, EC Wamhoff, M Bathe - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
DNA origami has emerged as a powerful method to generate DNA nanostructures with
dynamic properties and nanoscale control. These nanostructures enable complex …

Structural insights into preinitiation complex assembly on core promoters

X Chen, Y Qi, Z Wu, X Wang, J Li, D Zhao, H Hou, Y Li… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION RNA polymerase II (Pol II)–mediated transcription initiation requires
assembly of a preinitiation complex (PIC), during which the 14-subunit transcription factor IID …

DNA Origami: From Molecular Folding Art to Drug Delivery Technology

Q Jiang, Y Shang, Y Xie, B Ding - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
DNA molecules that store genetic information in living creatures can be repurposed as
building blocks to construct artificial architectures, ranging from the nanoscale to the …

DNA‐based nanofabrication for nanoelectronics

L Hui, R Bai, H Liu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys recent developments of DNA nanotechnology related to its applications
in nanoelectronics industry. The authors start with a brief introduction of DNA …

Structural insights into assembly of transcription preinitiation complex

X Chen, Y Xu - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-mediated transcription in eukaryotic cells starts with
assembly of preinitiation complex (PIC) on core promoter, a DNA sequence of∼ 100 base …

Advancing biophysics using DNA origami

W Engelen, H Dietz - Annual review of biophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
DNA origami enables the bottom-up construction of chemically addressable, nanoscale
objects with user-defined shapes and tailored functionalities. As such, not only can DNA …

High-force application by a nanoscale DNA force spectrometer

M Darcy, K Crocker, Y Wang, JV Le… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ability to apply and measure high forces (> 10 pN) on the nanometer scale is critical to
the development of nanomedicine, molecular robotics, and the understanding of biological …

Stimuli‐responsive DNA origami nanodevices and their biological applications

P Pitikultham, Z Wang, Y Wang, Y Shang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA origami nanotechnology has provided predictable static nanoarchitectures and
dynamic nanodevices with rationally designed geometries, precise spatial addressability …

DNA origami voltage sensors for transmembrane potentials with single-molecule sensitivity

SE Ochmann, H Joshi, E Büber, HG Franquelim… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Signal transmission in neurons goes along with changes in the transmembrane potential. To
report them, different approaches, including optical voltage-sensing dyes and genetically …