Emergent properties of dense DNA phases toward artificial biosystems on a surface

D Bracha, E Karzbrun, SS Daube… - Accounts of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The expression of genes in a cell in response to external signals or internal
programs occurs within an environment that is compartmentalized and dense …

Programming multi-protein assembly by gene-brush patterns and two-dimensional compartment geometry

O Vonshak, Y Divon, S Förste, D Garenne… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The assembly of protein machines in cells is precise, rapid, and coupled to protein synthesis
with regulation in space and time. The assembly of natural and synthetic nanomachines …

Cell-free protein synthesis and assembly on a biochip

Y Heyman, A Buxboim, SG Wolf, SS Daube… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Biologically active complexes such as ribosomes and bacteriophages are formed through
the self-assembly of proteins and nucleic acids,. Recapitulating these biological self …

Direct visualization of conformation and dense packing of DNA-based soft colloids

J Zhang, PM Lettinga, JKG Dhont, E Stiakakis - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Soft colloids—such as polymer-coated particles, star polymers, block-copolymer micelles,
microgels—constitute a broad class of materials where microscopic properties such as …

Compartmentalization by directional gene expression

SS Daube, D Bracha, A Buxboim… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The coalescence of basic biochemical reactions into compartments is a major hallmark of a
living cell. Using surface-bound DNA and a transcription reaction, we investigate the …

Flexible control of cellular encapsulation, permeability, and release in a droplet-templated bifunctional copolymer scaffold

Q Chen, D Chen, J Wu, JM Lin - Biomicrofluidics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Designing cell-compatible, bio-degradable, and stimuli-responsive hydrogels is very
important for biomedical applications in cellular delivery and micro-scale tissue engineering …

Spatially resolved DNA brushes on a chip: gene activation by enzymatic cascade

M Bar, RH Bar-Ziv - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
We assemble on a chip spatially resolved DNA polymer brushes with density that can be
controlled along continuous gradients, from dilute to dense packing, with 20− 30 nm …

DNA hybridization in thermoresponsive polymer nanoparticles

LM Moura, JMG Martinho, JPS Farinha - ChemPhysChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The detection of specific single-stranded DNA sequences by hybridization with the
corresponding complementary DNA probe is of fundamental importance in medical …

Cell-free immuno-profiling on a genetically programmed biochip

A Dupin, O Vonshak, V Arad, M Levanon, N Avidan… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Emerging cell-free synthetic biology approaches provide biosafe, cheap, and versatile
genetic tools to advance therapeutic research and development. Combined with micro …

Autonomous biogenesis of the entire protein translation machinery excluding ribosomes

M Schwarz-Schilling, A Dupin, N Avidan, Y Barak… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Recreating the conditions for autonomous biogenesis of the protein translation machinery is
fundamental to our understanding of living systems and is essential for the assembly of …