Dynamic DNA nanotechnology: toward functional nanoscale devices

M DeLuca, Z Shi, CE Castro, G Arya - Nanoscale Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic DNA nanotechnology involves the creation of nanoscale devices made of DNA
whose primary function arises from their ability to undergo controlled motion or …

A close look at molecular self-assembly with the transmission electron microscope

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, BP Carpenter, R Talosig… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Structure, folding and flexibility of co-transcriptional RNA origami

EKS McRae, HØ Rasmussen, J Liu, A Bøggild… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
RNA origami is a method for designing RNA nanostructures that can self-assemble through
co-transcriptional folding with applications in nanomedicine and synthetic biology. However …

MrDNA: a multi-resolution model for predicting the structure and dynamics of DNA systems

C Maffeo, A Aksimentiev - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Although the field of structural DNA nanotechnology has been advancing with an
astonishing pace, de novo design of complex 3D nanostructures and functional devices …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional electron ptychography of organic–inorganic hybrid nanostructures

Z Ding, S Gao, W Fang, C Huang, L Zhou, X Pei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Three dimensional scaffolded DNA origami with inorganic nanoparticles has been used to
create tailored multidimensional nanostructures. However, the image contrast of DNA is …

Storage of mechanical energy in DNA nanorobotics using molecular torsion springs

M Vogt, M Langecker, M Gouder, E Kopperger… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
DNA nanostructures are increasingly used for the realization of mechanically active
nanodevices and DNA-based nanorobots. A fundamental challenge in this context is the …

RNA origami: design, simulation and application

E Poppleton, N Urbanek, T Chakraborty, A Griffo… - RNA biology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Design strategies for DNA and RNA nanostructures have developed along parallel lines for
the past 30 years, from small structural motifs derived from biology to large …

Coarse-grained modelling of the structural properties of DNA origami

BEK Snodin, JS Schreck, F Romano… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We use the oxDNA coarse-grained model to provide a detailed characterization of the
fundamental structural properties of DNA origami, focussing on archetypal 2D and 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-based mechanism and inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein

H Xue, M Zhang, J Liu, J Wang, G Ren - Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cholesteryl ester transfer proteins (CETP) regulate plasma
cholesterol levels by transferring cholesteryl esters (CEs) among lipoproteins. Lipoprotein …

[HTML][HTML] Designed and biologically active protein lattices

ST Wang, B Minevich, J Liu, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Versatile methods to organize proteins in space are required to enable complex
biomaterials, engineered biomolecular scaffolds, cell-free biology, and hybrid nanoscale …